91制片厂 is playing a lead role in rallying alumni, students, parents, and friends of New Hampshire鈥檚 public universities and colleges to ask the Legislature to restore state funding for higher education, which was cut nearly 50 percent last year.
Launched in September, the has already reached tens of thousands of New Hampshire voters, and many are carrying its message to candidates for state office.
91制片厂 now receives just 6 percent of its budget from the state鈥攖he lowest support per capita in the nation. If support were doubled, New Hampshire would still be last.
鈥淭his campaign is new ground for us. In fact, its scope and intensity is unprecedented for the University System鈥攂ut our challenge in the Legislature also has been unprecedented,鈥 91制片厂 President Mark W. Huddleston said at his State of the University address on Oct. 11.
The campaign seeks to educate voters and show our state鈥檚 elected leaders that keeping 91制片厂 affordable and accessible is important not only to students and their families, but to businesses, communities and citizens across New Hampshire.
The 91制片厂 Works website offers key facts about 91制片厂 and its budget, contact information for the candidates, links to news stories and editorials around the state, and tips and addresses for writing letters to the editor. You can find 91制片厂 Works on the web at , and on and .
More than 700 alumni, parents, students, and friends have also signed up to be 91制片厂 Advocates, pledging to take an active role in taking the case for restoring state support to the state鈥檚 decision-makers. The page features updates with links to news stories, editorials, and reports that support public funding for 91制片厂.
In a coordinated effort with the University System of New Hampshire, Keene State College, Plymouth State University, and Granite State College are also rallying their supporters through the, 鈥淗igher Education Works for New Hampshire鈥 campaign.
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