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 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.

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.