Funding for Pennsylvania’s so-called “state-related” universities – the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, Temple University and the historically Black Lincoln University – has become an annual political battle in
A proxy fight over abortion led by state House Republicans jeopardizes hundreds of millions of dollars in tuition assistance for Pennsylvania college students.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — If the University of Pittsburgh wants its annual $151 million appropriation from the state, it will have to stop its fetal tissue research.
Concerns are being raised that Republicans in the Pennsylvania House could cut state funding for the University of Pittsburgh over two issues – scientific research using fetal tissue and the redistricting process led by Pitt’s former chancellor.