by Chris Reese | May 11, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
On Wednesday the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 1466, the General Appropriations Act, which includes the full restoration of funding to the State System of Higher Education. The bill passed 39-8, and now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. The...
by Chris Reese | May 8, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed a Senate GOP budget proposal this morning that restores funding to all state-owned, state-related and community colleges back to current-year levels. Next step for this version of the budget will be a full Senate...
by Chris Reese | Feb 29, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
As many of you probably know, the Senate Appropriations Committee held its budget hearing with officials from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education on Tuesday. This hearing had not been originally scheduled, but Senate Appropriations Chair Jake...
by Chris Reese | Feb 10, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
A message from APSCUF President Steve Hicks to Faculty, Coaches and Friends of Public Higher Education: Let me get this off my chest… Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal to cut the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) budget another 20 percent...
by Chris Reese | Jan 30, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
APSCUF staff, leaders and members interact with hundreds of state legislators each year. In those meetings, we often hear from state representatives and senators that graduated from one of the 14 state-owned universities. We hear many positive stories about classes...