<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/16-10-6appropriationrequest.html" dsn="news_releases"><pubDate>10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>State System Board of Governors approves $505.2 million appropriation request</title><image/><description>Acknowledging the challenge, but also the necessity, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education today voted unanimously to seek $505.2 million in state funding next year, an increase of $61 million over this year’s total.</description><contact>Kevin Hensil, <a href="mailto:khensil@passhe.edu">khensil@passhe.edu</a></contact></item>