Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Education cuts called "unconscionable"

An editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called Gov. Corbett's proposed cuts to state-owned and state-related educational institutions "unconscionable." The four state-related schools, including Pitt, Temple and Penn State, will lose more than half of their state allotments for educational programs and will lose millions for biomedical research at their teaching hospitals. "The so-called 'eds and meds' of universities and hospitals are precisely the institutions that have allowed the Pittsburgh area to survive the national economic recession, and the jobs that they provide, and the start-up businesses that they spawn, demand a trained, skilled work force prepared for the future," wrote the author.
March 10, 2011 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette