Word: woods
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...letter, Wood referred to a 1986 interview in which Dukakis told The Boston Globe that Massachusetts' public colleges should not try to compete with the state's private institutions...
...They had been under the impression that he had been in the forefront of higher education," said Wood. "That impression was factually wrong...
Robert B. Schwartz, education adviser to Governor Dukakis, called the letter "absolutely a personal vendetta." He said Wood and Dukakis were long-standing opponents, and "it was a Dukakis majority on the Board of Trustees that forced Wood to resign his position...
Jack Hoy, president of the New England Board of Higher Education, described Dukakis' record as "remarkable." He said that before 1978, the state had little revenue to devote to public institutions, and that Wood's letter was drawn from his experiences before...
...think that Wood is factually inaccurate," said Hoy, adding that Massachusetts ranks first in ten year improvement gain in higher education for the decade...