Pennsylvania university heads paint bleak tuition outlook - Mark Shade, Reuters

Another 30 percent drop in state aid would strip $64 million from Penn State University, and would boost annual tuition by 9.4 percent, said university President Rodney Erickson. Penn State will take other measures to soften the blow of exorbitant tuition hikes, Erickson said, such as program cuts and leaving vacant faculty positions unfilled. But he also said the ultimate reductions will be painful because there will be less money for assistance and scholarships. "This will fall disproportionately on lower-income students," Erickson said. Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart calculated a $4,000 jump in tuition and Lincoln University President Robert Jennings said students would have to pay $1,350 more to attend the traditionally African-American school if the cuts go through. Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bill Adolph, a Republican from suburban Philadelphia, said that it was important to remember that the state originally wanted to chop aid in half.