As Gov. Wolf readies his final budget, state universities wait to see if they will get more funding

By: Bill Schackner

The agenda for Thursday’s Pennsylvania state university system board meeting made no mention of Feb. 8 — as in next Tuesday.

But it was prominent in the room just the same.

It’s when Gov. Tom Wolf unveils his proposed 2022-23 state budget — and will reveal if he’ll include a historic funding increase sought by the State System of Higher Education, which has been merging campuses, overhauling programming and bringing costs into line to cope with enrollment losses.

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