Universities ask Pa. House to reject more aid cuts - Marc Levy, Associated Press

Leaders of Penn State, Pitt and Temple warned the state House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday not to go along with Gov. Tom Corbett's second straight proposal for deep cuts in state aid to the universities, suggesting that the in-state students who could least afford it would be hurt the most. They also took pains to deflect a question about exposing their schools more fully to Pennsylvania's open records law, saying they already provide extensive information about the way they spend taxpayer money. The heads of the "state-related" universities are renewing the campaign they mounted last year to defend the value of their institutions to improving Pennsylvania's quality of life, economic fabric and the availability of higher education to lower-income students.