Widening split between state and college - JOSEPH N. DISTEFANO, Philadelphia Inquirer

No wonder state university bills are up: Pennsylvania and New Jersey are giving $2,200 less per student to their colleges than in 2008, according to inflation-adjusted data collected by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities from state records. And no wonder some of Pennsylvania State University's alumni trustees are grousing that, with less than $300 million of its $4.4 billion budget now appropriated from the state, Harrisburg shouldn't have so much to say about Happy Valley's agenda. West Chester University's local state senator has gone further, proposing that the school pull out of the cash-strapped state-college system. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140608_PhillyDeals__Widening_split_between_state_and_college.html