Come out and join with members of the Kutztown University community to protest Gov. Corbett’s cuts against Higher Education. Governor Corbett’s cuts seek to gut public higher education in Pennsylvania. Corbett’s current budget would:
- Cut State appropriation to PASSHE by 50%
- Kutztown University alone would see a $26 million dollar cut in it’s budget
- At Kutztown, tuition would have to increase by 33% in order to cover the hole left by Corbett’s cuts
- About 250 jobs would have to be cut to cover the hole left by Corbett’s cuts
We’ve all got a stake in this, folks. Students, faculty, staff, and administration. The question is will we show up and fight to preserve higher education in Pennsylvania? Or, will we take another hit? Will we allow our public education system to go the way of Bethlehem steel…an institution that was central to the identity to this region and state. Will we be replaced by another version of casino gambling? Can we leave our hopes in our futures, in our education system, up to the roll of the dice? I don’t think so. Be there!
One announcement: the projected numbers of today’s protest were growing to the point that the location needed to be moved a little. Instead of being right in front of President Cevallos’s house, it will be in front of Schaeffer Auditorium. There will be a stage, microphones, and lots of people. This is the way I want to spend St. Patrick’s Day. Driving the snakes out of PA!!!!
“We’ve all got a stake in this, folks. Students, faculty, staff, and administration. ”
I am none of the above but I will still be at the rally because I think as a resident of the borough of Kutztown and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I have a temendous stake in this as well. I hope other community members show up to lend support because affordable higher education is vital to the future of our state, and Kutztown University is vital to the future of our town.
As a student at Penn State, I too am going to bear the brunt of these tax cuts… I, like many other students, will be forced to sign for even larger loans that will put me at the mercy of high loan payments for many years following my graduation.
President Spanier, of my future (hopefully) alma mater, released these statements following the announcement last week:
http://bit.ly/f77BrW
What do you all think about what he says?