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Michele Papakie: The Chancellor of the PA state university system wants to merge three schools in the east & three in the west. If he doesn't get what he wants, he says he'll dissolve the entire state system.
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Michele Papakie: We still haven't recovered from the funding cuts under Gov. Corbett.
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Michele Papakie: We wish we had a chancellor who advocates for the students & for the system; instead, he's pitting us against the legislature. We were blindsided by his wanting to dissolve the state system.
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Michele Papakie: We won't see a plan till the end of April, & then there's open comment for 60 days. He's thrown everyone into a tizzy.
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Michele Papakie: APSCUF had a meeting with students recently & there were soooo many questions. The Chancellor says everyone's in line with him but we just aren't seeing that. It feels disingenuous. We hear buzzwords. Words matter, & he's being reckless.
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Michele Papakie: Those [PA] legislators are in those communities where having the university there is a tremendous economic boon. Those communities rely on the university for employment.
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Michele Papakie: When we ask questions, we just get a runaround. It feels dirty.
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Michele Papakie: I feel there's a little bit of union-busting going on, too, which is sad.
Rick: I would say that goes without saying!
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Michele Papakie: The Chancellor asked for 2% increase in funding. That's very low for any chancellor to ask.
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Michele Papakie: It's making it like The Hunger Games, trying to pit each state university against the others.
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Michele Papakie: The students want to know if they'll need to take some classes at one campus & other classes at a different campus--which are spread apart. Will they be forced to take online classes? They also want to know about sports.
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Michele Papakie: The Chancellor couldn't have picked a worse time for these announcements. We're in a pandemic when people are already losing their jobs, when education is changing & disrupted.
Rick: I'd say it's an opportune time. He was brought in to destroy
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Michele Papakie: It's so irresponsible to drop this "bomb" right now. It's our recruitment time. If I'm a student, especially a student athlete, I'm questioning whether I want to go to one of those schools.
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Michele Papakie: APSCUF is NOT taking this lying down. If you'd see what students have to go through to get to school...I have students who work full-time as an undergrad while still attending school.
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