Lincoln University News

Lincoln University president Robert R. Jennings got what he had hoped for Tuesday: His university was treated differently than the other three state-related schools in that its state funding was not slated to be cut.

In the wake of Governor Corbett's proposed budget cuts for universities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, education leaders have made statements voicing concerns that their schools will be put under pressure to make additional cuts to their already lean programs.

Gov. Corbett is proposing a $27.13 billion budget that again sticks to his campaign pledge not to raise taxes, but calls for steep cuts to higher education and mostly level funding for public schools and services for the state's poor and disabled.

Gov. Tom Corbett has unveiled his plan for a $27.14 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, proposing another round of significant cuts to higher education and smaller decreases across many agencies.

In Pennsylvania, the 14 universities that fall under the umbrella of the State System of Higher Education such as Millersville and Shippensburg are subject to the state's Right to Know Law.

In the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is warning the university that it must comply with the state's open-records law or risk losing taxpayer money, according to The Patriot-News of Harrisburg .

Ryan Brown's voice echoed throughout the rotunda of the Capitol building yesterday as he and other student leaders encouraged students from the four Pennsylvania state-related schools to fight for their dollars.

Today, students from Pennsylvania's four state-related schools will flood the rotunda steps at the Capitol in the hopes of gaining attention from legislators regarding state funding.

James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a small child, and his father moved to Mexico.

Senate democrats say a schedule of 2012 budget hearings has omitted hearings for the four state-related universities: Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and Lincoln University.

On Saturday morning, the Student Government Board will pack into two cars and travel 265 miles on a day-long journey to formulate plans to resolve issues facing Pennsylvania college students.

Restaurant patrons, many of them clad in pajamas, wait in line in bitter cold Sunday for a last meal at Buckley's Tavern in Centreville.