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Clarion University announces plans to layoff 22 faculty members
Below is the text of a press release issued on Friday, August 16, 2013. Yesterday Clarion University, one of the 14 state-owned universities, released a workforce development plan that includes 22 faculty layoffs in eight academic departments. It is the largest number...
Bonds increase costs for students at PASSHE universities
By Ken Mash, APSCUF Vice President For many years we have gone through similar processes. We receive reduced or flat funding from the Commonwealth, and then we all begin to ponder how we will make it through yet another year with fewer resources while still providing...
APSCUF president comments on new State System chancellor
Today the Board of Governors for the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) selected Frank Brogan to be the next chancellor of the system that oversees the 14 state-owned universities. The vote was unanimous. Steve Hicks, president of the Association of...
Voter ID trial scheduled to begin July 15th
by Laura Saccente, Director of Governmental Relations A trial to determine the future of PA’s Voter ID law is set to begin on Monday, July 15. The law, passed in March of 2012, requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. Commonwealth Court...
APSCUF releases statement on PASSHE tuition increase
APSCUF released the following statement on July 9th: Today the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Board of Governors approved a 3 percent - $194 - tuition increase for the 2013-14 academic year. Resident undergraduate tuition will rise from...
Governor Corbett signs budget; PASSHE receives level funding
Late Sunday evening Governor Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1437, the $28.37 billion General Fund appropriations bill for FY2013-14. This year's budget gives the State System exactly the same money as last year -- $413 million. After a tuition increase next week...
Can we survive another austerity budget?
It's getting to be late June in Harrisburg, which means a budget is about to be passed (let's act like the Pennsylvania Constitution's dictum that it be in place by July 1 is upheld again this year). I think we often get myopic about budgets -- the process in the...
House of Representatives passes state budget bill
by Dan Hagan, APSCUF intern On Wednesday, June 12, the House of Representatives voted on HB1437, the $28.3 billion state budget bill. The bill passed with a party-line vote of 108-92 and now goes to the Senate for consideration. The current budget bill provides flat...