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Commentary: Proposed Pennsylvania State University System Mergers Are a Bad Deal for the State’s Rural Communities
Collapsing Pennsylvania's regional system of higher ed schools into two institutions is supposed to save money without sacrificing jobs or access to education, but the analysis of the proposal seems to indicate otherwise.
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Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Wolf delivered his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in February of 2019. Wolf's signing of a bill authorizing significant changes to the state's regional university system could result in job loss and education opportunities for Pennsylvania's rural communities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)