Out d’Coup for Friday, April 10, 2020
Out d’Coup | Bernie’s Out; Left Way Forward; COVID-19 Impacts; Religious Right is a Death Cult; Mensch Not a Mensch; K-12 Stays Closed; PA Budget Crisis; Netflix’s Space Force; Free Will, Sean’s Toys Bernie […]
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Kutztown University Passes Significant New Fee for Students
Kutztown University’s Council of Trustees unanimously passed a significant new fee for students at its meeting this past Thursday. The $488 “Campus Support Fee” represents, by itself, a 4.8% increase in mandatory costs to students […]
Constitutional Stakes of Colleen Bradley’s Supreme Court Petition: Video | Part 2
Earlier this month, we released our exclusive interview with Colleen Bradley, the former Director of Budget and Financial Planning at West Chester University. Bradley was fired after she exposed how WCU – and Pennsylvania State […]
First Amendment Rights at Work in Peril: PA Whistleblower Looks to U.S. Supreme Court
The last thing Colleen Bradley thought she would be doing at this point in her life was preparing a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. But that’s exactly what she’s doing and there […]
Exposing Budget Fraud at PASSHE Universities | Colleen Bradley tells her story
In 2014, Colleen Bradley was fired from her job as the Director of Budget and Financial Planning at West Chester University after she exposed how WCU and Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities more […]
PASSHE Budget Games Exposed – Again: “Bunsis Report” Pushes Back Against Austerity
A new report released to Kutztown University faculty Tuesday evening, promises to cause headaches for PASSHE administrators and university presidents who have used a narrative about a State System “budget crisis” to jack up tuition […]
It’s Time the Commonwealth Foundation Become a Household Name in PA
There are a few boogeymen out there that get tons of attention from the Democratic Party, progressives, and their allies for the grip they hold on Republican politics. Across the country and throughout Pennsylvania, the […]
Denying Access: Transforming PASSHE’s Commitment to Working-Class Students
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) and the Keystone Research Center (KRC) released the report, “Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges.” The report highlights the success that the Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned university system, […]
Pennsylvania Student Power Network stands up to PASSHE administration in Harrisburg
On Tuesday morning, PASSHE students, faculty and their allies rallied at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg. Their mission: “take back” the state system from administrators who don’t understand the concerns of educators and the economic […]
Trump’s environmental agenda threatens human health: Comment early, comment often
On Feb 24, President Trump signed an executive order that established a policy to relieve the country of “unnecessary regulatory burdens.” Trump’s environmental agenda includes the destruction of Obama’s not-yet-implemented Clean Power Plan, a rollback […]