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Just 24 hours after completing the most arduous interview of her young career, Ray Epstein, Class of 2025, became the sixth Temple University student to receive the prestigious Truman Scholarship for outstanding leadership potential in public service. As part of the scholarship, Epstein, who is well known on campus for her activism on preventing sexual assault and supporting
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HARRISBURG The challenges facing Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities, both related to COVID-19 and as well as beyond the pandemic, were a major topic of discussion Tuesday during a Senate budget hearing.
The four leaders of Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and Lincoln University discussed the pandemic’s impact on remote learning, the digital divide, state and federal aid, budgeting and student enrollment in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Gov. Tom Wolf proposes flat funding in the state appropriation for the higher education institutions in his Fiscal Year 2021-22 state budget.
Higher education institutions in Pennsylvania are expected to split an estimated $1.3 billion in federal aid under the recently enacted American Rescue Plan, according to the House Democratic Appropriations Committee. Of that amount, 50% is for emergency financial aid to students.