Highlights of AICUM's Case Statement include:

*Independent schools have a $23 billion economic impact on Massachusetts

*Massachusetts is the only state that educates more students in the private sector than in the public sector

*Independent colleges employ more than 90,000 faculty and staff (the second-highest figure for independent colleges in the country)

*Nearly 84% of minority students at 4-year colleges in the state are at independent schools

For full details on these points as well as additional research, download:

AICUM Case Statement - December 2011