Will Temple and Lincoln universities get state funding in the future?

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Will Temple and Lincoln universities get state funding in the future?

POSTED: Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:39 PM
Filed Under: Budget | News

In a Capitol Wire piece published earlier this week, State Rep. Dwight Evans makes a fairly scary prediction about the future lack of state funding for state-related universities, including Temple University and Lincoln University:

After Penn State President Dr. Graham Spanier, University of Pittsburgh President Mark Nordenberg, Temple President Ann Weaver Hart and Lincoln President Dr. Ivory Nelson expressed mostly gratitude for what they received from the state this fiscal year and what they’re proposed to get next year, [House Appropriations] Committee Chairman Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, told them to prepare for a complete cut in the future. Although Evans did not indicate university funding would be affected next fiscal year, he said state funding could be eliminated entirely in subsequent years.

“I’m surprised you’re receiving any funding at this particular point,” he said. “The state system has always been there. … Not that I want to be gloom and doom, but I think it’s a matter of time. … It’s a matter of time that you may not be receiving any appropriation from this state.”

Evans said it’s “not anybody’s particular fault, it’s where we are today.”

(He thinks schools are safe for now because of stimulus dollars.) As it stands, Temple will get $165 million from Gov. Rendell's budget for the next fiscal year, and Lincoln will get $14 million.

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