Word: amherst
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Acting with tacit approval from faculty and adminstrators, thousands of striking students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have brought the campus to a standstill this week protesting planned state cuts in education funding...
Student action comes in response to faculty and library cutbacks and a plan before the state legislature to cut $25 million from the state's higher education budget. Under the proposal, which is part of a bid to reduce a $700 million-plus overall state deficit, the Amherst campus would lose $6.4 million next year and raise students' curiculum fees by $350 next semester...
...Amherst administrators and the Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP) have endorsed students' goals...
Nelson did not say how long the strike would last, but added that Amherst students are hoping to gather support from graduate students and other UMass campuses...
...Amherst State Rep. Stan Rosenberg said he supports the strike "as long as it produces positive political action. Student activity throughout the last month has helped focus attention on higher education...