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of Higher Education


The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), with 14 universities and nearly 117,000 students, is the largest higher education provider in Pennsylvania. PASSHE’s mission is to increase the intellectual wealth of the Commonwealth, to prepare students at all levels for personal and professional success in their lives, and to contribute to the economic, social, and cultural development of Pennsylvania’s communities, the Commonwealth, and the nation.

PASSHE is led by a 20-member Board of Governors that sets broad policy and direction for the System and the universities. PASSHE’s Executive Offices provide advice and support to the Board of Governors, and leadership to our universities as we work to harness the power of public higher education for the benefit and prosperity of all in the Commonwealth.


What's Happening at PASSHE

PASSHE Board of Governors approves 2010-11 budget, tuition rates

The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) today approved a $1.5 billion budget, which includes a $250 tuition increase and dedicated funding for environmental/science initiatives and greater opportunities for students to study abroad and engage in research. The 2010-11 budget also calls for expanding educational opportunities in high need and currently underserved regions of Pennsylvania, as well as enhanced student services in areas including registration and financial aid.

West Chester University student government president named to PASSHE’s Board of Governors

The president of West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s Student Government Association has been named to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors. Leonard B. Altieri III of Newtown Square joins student leaders from Edinboro and Millersville Universities of Pennsylvania on the 20-member board, which has overall responsibility for planning and coordinating the development and operation of PASSHE.  Altieri is a junior at West Chester, where he is a political science major.

New leaders selected for three PASSHE universities

New leadership is on the way at three Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities. Dr. Karen M. Whitney, vice chancellor for student life and dean of students at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), has been selected to serve as the next president of Clarion University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. Dr. Barbara Dixon, a former president of Truman State University, will become interim president of Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, also on July 1. Dr. David J. Werner, a former chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will serve as interim president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), effective Aug. 1.

 

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Higher Education in the News
Mansfield University gets a new high-tech building

Students and faculty at Mansfield University have returned to some big changes this week. The new Allen Hall is now open for classes. The old Allen Hall is now a pile of rubble. The building was once the original Mansfield Junior High School back in 1929; it was then converted into college classrooms in the 60's. Right next door, is the new Allen hall; contractors worked over a year to build the $7-million dollar project.

Werner brings varied background to IUP

So that guy in the IUP president's office. Any idea who he is? That's Dr. David Werner. He's temporarily taking on the presidency, but just until the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education names a permanent replacement for Tony Atwater. He's from St. Louis. A first-generation college student, he paid his way by working in a doughnut shop. ``I've said often - and not always in jest - that it was the best job I ever had.''

Employing adaptive technology for advanced special education

Technology allows students to connect with each other across borders, research information in ways never before possible and tackle real-world problems from inside a classroom. But technology is also allowing some students to speak, read and write when those tasks were previously considered an impossibility.

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