Higher Education

Budget Should Concern Parents and Property Taxpayers

Posted by Shelley Aragoncillo on March 9, 2011 12:23 pm
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I have an op-ed in today's Morning Call of Allentown responding to Governor Corbett's budget proposal. It takes a close look at severe cuts to public schools and support for Penn State and other colleges and universities proposed by the Governor:

If you have children or pay property taxes in Pennsylvania, Gov. Corbett's budget proposal should trouble you. His budget cuts public school aid by a billion dollars, setting funding back three years. Support for Penn State and other colleges and universities is cut in half.

Strengthening the middle class

Posted by Mark Price on February 5, 2011 7:27 am
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On Thursday, Derek Thompson, an associate editor at the Atlantic, wrote a guest post at Ezra Klein’s blog discussing how to rebuild the middle class.  Below is his list of possible interventions to cure what ails the middle class:

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