In the flurry of budget activity last week, Pennsylvania legislators passed what some are billing as the most sweeping changes to the State System of Higher Education since its formation in 1982. To give the 14 state-supported universities, including Mansfield University, the ability to raise more revenue, new laws clear the way for the colleges to begin offering doctorates and allow professors to “commercialize” their research or new products to financially benefit both themselves and their university. The laws, pushed by legislators and system officials and signed by Gov. Corbett on Thursday, also lift restrictions on employees — from the president to professors — being able to lobby for funds for university foundations.
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