The governor outlined her new proposal after touring the Cyber Range at Bridgewater State University, a hands-on lab where she lamented that too many public higher education campuses don't have the proper facilities to train students for cutting-edge jobs that can keep the state economically competitive.

Gov. Maura Healey is scheduled to make what her administration is calling a “major announcement” about funding for higher education in Massachusetts on Tuesday morning. The press conference and tour of the Bridgewater State University Cyber Range is scheduled for 11 a.

The bill is the largest proposed investment in state universities including the UMass system and community colleges in decades. The post Healey commits $2.5 billion to modernizing Massachusetts’ public higher education campuses appeared first on Boston.

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $2.5 billion borrowing bill Tuesday that would dump cash into Massachusetts’ public higher education system to update aging infrastructure that the first-term Democrat argued has suffered from years of neglect.

Maura Healey is set to make a significant higher-education funding announcement on Tuesday,. She will be making the announcement from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater. ALSO READ: Attorney General Neronha to hold first hearing on Washington Bridge lawsuit Healey’s office has described it as a “major announcement.

Gov. Maura Healey announced a plan Tuesday to pump at least $2.5 billion into facilities at the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges by the middle of the 2030s.