Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH All state budget impasses do not have the same causes, but, at the risk of oversimplification, there are basically two main categories of causes. The first is fiscal irresponsibility that involves overspending on special-interest projects and underfunding of major continuing costs. The second is fiscal irresponsibility that places such a priority…

No One Expects a College to Close Even When Signs Are Clear

In college communities affected by closures, the economic impact of a college’s business operations suddenly becomes important.

The Persistence of Crisis: Work Harder or Fight Back

At my monthly department meeting yesterday, the department’s representative to our University Senate gave his report on their last meeting. As part of his report, he told us some of the concerns our university president, Javier Cevallos, expressed about a recent drop in enrollment. Cevallos’s remarks before our University Senate echoed a statement he released…

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Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse

No One Expects a College to Close Even When Signs Are Clear

The Persistence of Crisis: Work Harder or Fight Back