PASSHE Institutions Merging

[Fightingscot82]

Both parties to blame. The PA General Assembly is majority GOP - a lot of which regurgitate the "why are my tax dollars subsidizing the education of other peoples kids - especially those black kids from Philly" and the "colleges are just liberal indoctrination centers" cliches. Its full of people who get bored on the local school board then win a seat in Harrisburg. They hit all the firehall bingos and Boy Scout pancake breakfasts to get elected but do little of substance other than oppose whatever a Democrat puts forward or be the local syndicate of the national talking points. Its why Doug Mastriano make such a fuss about the election. His constituents didn't come to him with witnessed inconsistencies or concerns - he just passed along the crap he watched on TV.

Democrats are also to blame because while holding the Governorship for most of the last few decades they haven't prioritized PASSHE in budget or policy. In fact, the last several Democrat governors have made it a point to prioritize K-12 education at rates higher than PASSHE. Any creative program idea has some sort of gimmicky funding plan - like shifting horse racetrack revenue.

The case for support is terrible in PA. Even those who should know don't understand the relationship between an educated population and economic prosperity and/or state revenue. The state financial aid agency, PHEAA, actually gives you more money for attending private schools than the state owned or state funded schools. WTF is that about?! Also, the average cost per state prison inmate is almost double the total cost of attendance at a PASSHE school. But we don't question their costs the way we talk about tuition & debt. The state spends more money annually for the SCI in Cambridge Springs - a minimum security women's facility with around 1,000 inmates - than it gives to Edinboro and their 4,500 students 7 miles away.

[boatcapt]

Funny, when there is a Republican governor HE is the problem and reason that the PASSHE in such trouble but when there is a Democrat gov, he escapes ALL blame for the accelerating slip of the PASSHE.

[IUPNation]

They have always had a parking problem. The on-street parking was policed by the borough police who wrote a lot of tickets there and it became a problem.

I always wanted to stop in Mabel's but never did.

Oh...u have to next time you roll through The WC. Call your order in way ahead...Mabel takes a while to get orders done but it's worth the wait.

They have a ton of parking along Matlack Street...sure it's a walk to most of campus but it's two large surface lots plus a parking garage. That will mean when this one is done West Chester will have THREE parking garages.

[iupgroundhog]

They have always had a parking problem. The on-street parking was policed by the borough police who wrote a lot of tickets there and it became a problem.

I always wanted to stop in Mabel's but never did.

[IUPNation]

A couple of years ago WCU had a sizable TV ad campaign in the Philadelphia market. Do they still do that?

[ironmaniup]

Wolf hasn't been in office for 7 years??

[iupgroundhog]

A couple of years ago WCU had a sizable TV ad campaign in the Philadelphia market. Do they still do that?

[IUPNation]

Many other's including Wolfe who has been in office for the last seven years!

[iupgroundhog]

Wolf hasn't been in office for 7 years??

Never mind, I'm trying not to disturb the no politics crowd.

[boatcapt]

No. That comment is a complete revision of history.

Wolf hasn't been in office for 7 years??

[iupgroundhog]

Many other's including Wolfe who has been in office for the last seven years!

No. That comment is a complete revision of history.

[boatcapt]

Many other's including Wolfe who has been in office for the last seven years!

[IUPNation]

State schools pay a company to do most of their media buys. Private schools tend to do a much better job at identifying targets for ad buys.

My suggestion is that they run ads for the system as a whole.

[IUPNation]

They probably don't have money to do that...U of Scranton is a very successful private school.

[Fightingscot82]

State schools pay a company to do most of their media buys. Private schools tend to do a much better job at identifying targets for ad buys.