Tuition to go up 3 percent at Pa. state system universities - Susan Snyder, the Enquirer

The tuition increase comes as the board of governors looks to close a $58 million budget hole in its $1.56 billion budget. The university system had asked the state for a four percent increase in its basic aid and $18 million for new program development, but the state budget holds flat funding for most higher education institutions. The system will get the same $412.7 million that it has received since 2011-12 – that’s $90 million less than it received in 2010-11. In addition to the tuition increase, universities will have to find a combined $30 million in cuts to balance the system’s budget, the board announced. It will be up to the universities to decide where to cut. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/campus_inq/Tuition-to-go-up-3-percent-at-Pa-state-system-universities-.html