BY SCOTT PATERNO
From the PATRIOT-NEWS:
…In case you missed it, the governor’s proposed budget takes a battle-ax to higher education funding — a 50 percent cut across the board for the 14 State System schools and Pitt, Temple, Lincoln and Penn State…
Putting Penn State’s cuts in perspective shows they are hardly “catastrophic” as claimed by President Spanier. On the contrary — the proposed cut in state funding represents a modest — but significant — 3.8 percent cut in Penn State’s overall budget of roughly $4 billion (athletics is self-funded, by the way).
By comparison, the proposed $232.6 million cut to the State System’s 14 schools represents 11 percent of its roughly $2 billion annual budget. In that light, the cuts proposed disproportionately impact the State System when compared with Penn State — some might even say catastrophically so…
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