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IUP Management Surprises Local APSCUF with Retrenchment Reference
The only item on Monday’s Meet and Discuss Agenda at IUP was “Budget Concerns for FY 10-11 and 11-12.”
When Susan Drummond, IUP-APSCUF President, received the request for a meeting from IUP Vice President of Human Resources Helen Kennedy, Drummond specifically asked if the purpose of the meeting was to notify APSCUF of management’s intentions to retrench faculty. Kennedy indicated that the meeting was not for that purpose. read more…
PA Universities Mind the Gap
Last Friday afternoon, Penn State announced its fall 2010 tuition increase numbers. According to their press release, they are increasing tuition by approximately $800 per year (5.9% for tiered freshmen and sophomores). In other words, the Penn State trustees have agreed to fill the gap of almost $100 million that the recently passed state appropriation has generated. read more…
The National Council on State Legislatures Paints a Dim Picture of Funding for Higher Eduction
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/HigherEdFundingFINAL.pdf
In its report the NCSL examines the financial plight of public colleges and universities across the nation. Particularly telling is the NCSL’s analysis of how the states would be faring without the federal stimulus money. Pennsylvania’s U.S. legislators must advocate for Senator Harkin’s “Keep Our Educators Working Act.”
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A message from the President
I have been fortunate in the last dozen years to visit London frequently. One of the funny and interesting and characteristic parts of the “London experience” is riding the subway, the “Tube,” where you see polyglot denizens and amazing fashion statements.
And you learn, through frequent repetition, to “mind the gap” – that is, pay attention to the empty space between the car and the platform or you may have an accident. read more…