With state cuts looming, Temple University raises tuition - Drew Singer and Robert Moran, Inquirer

A day after Gov. Corbett signed a state budget that cuts funding for higher education, Temple University announced Friday that it would raise tuition nearly 10 percent for Pennsylvania students. Though the $27.15 billion budget was a done deal, the funding cuts continued to draw protests. About 50 people gathered Friday outside Corbett's satellite office in Center City to denounce the reductions. The 2011-12 budget reduces funding to four state-related universities, including Temple, by 19 percent. In response, Temple said it would reduce its operating budget by $36 million.