Wyatt Massey | Spotlight PA State College
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The performance-based funding model proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro would tie state support for Penn State, Pitt, Temple, and Lincoln to metrics such as graduation rates or retention.
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A faculty member said Penn State’s promise to better fund existing DEI programs felt like “an attempt to pit people against one another.”
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The discussions, which come more than 12 years after Paterno’s firing amid the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, might have violated the state’s open meetings law.
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Over the past 17 years, the Pennsylvania legislature has approved either flat or decreased funding, when adjusted for inflation, to the four-state related universities.
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A monthslong funding debate in the Pennsylvania legislature resulted in greater transparency rules for state-related universities and Penn State’s new accountability report.
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The U.S. Department of Education is looking into Penn State's compliance with the Clery Act after a student's questions about campus crime and timely warnings.
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A Spotlight PA review found that Penn State reported false contract information and a university trustee failed to disclose more than $250,000 paid to a related business over three years.
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Across Penn State’s campuses, female instructional staff earn on average about 80% of what their male colleagues make. Penn State argues the federal data do not show the full picture.
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An investigation of Penn State University revealed a widespread distrust in misconduct reporting systems and that the ethics office fell into chaos.
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Penn State, Pitt, and others get hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. Tracking it is a challenge.Transparency into how Pennsylvania’s state-related universities spend annual appropriations is limited.