Robert Swift
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.
Editor’s note:
Mr. Davis’ age was incorrect in the original version of this story.
When Larry Davis was promoting his most recent book “Why Are They Angry With Us?” in February 2016, he shared his frustration over the lack of progress when it came to race relations in America.
“The country has to begin to see this white/non-white conflict as being against America’s interests,” Davis said. “There’s a world out there. Things are going on out there. We need workers. We’re wasting a lot of talent. We’re wasting a lot of time. We’re having a fight within our own group, and it’s leading to our own demise. We really need to find a way to benefit all of us.”
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Larry Davis, director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh, in his office in the Cathedral of Learning in 2010.
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When Larry Davis was promoting his most recent book “Why Are They Angry With Us?” in February 2016, he shared his frustration over the lack of progress when it came to race relations in America.
“The country has to begin to see this white/nonwhite conflict as being against America’s interests,” Davis said. “There’s a world out there. Things are going on out there. We need workers. We’re wasting a lot of talent. We’re wasting a lot of time. We’re having a fight within our own group, and it’s leading to our own demise. We really need to find a way to benefit all of us.”
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