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 27, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Today’s blog comes from Dr. Rob McKenzie, Professor of Communication Studies at East Stroudsburg University. In addition to being a proud PASSHE professor, he’s also a State System graduate, with a bachelor’s from Millersville University. Dr. McKenzie is a...
by Chris Reese | Feb 17, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Defending his second proposal to cut funding drastically for public higher education, Gov. Tom Corbett delivered an unhappy Valentine’s Day apologia at the Siemens Healthcare plant in Chester County: It’s incumbent upon the people of Pennsylvania to call on...
by Chris Reese | Feb 7, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
**Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the sign-up form for Lobby Day events on March 26-27 or complete the registration form and email to Ty Marks. The deadline to register is March 9.** In his 2012-13 budget address today, Gov. Tom Corbett announced his plan to...
by Chris Reese | Jan 19, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors met this morning and covered a number of items of interest to faculty and coaches at the 14 state-owned universities. First of all, the board did not take any formal action on Governor Corbett’s...