Ah, college. All-nighters. Ultimate frisbee. Fraternities. Fracking.
According to The Erie Times-News, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is telling state universities that an answer to their financial troubles lies literally under their feet. Speaking at Edinboro University in Northwestern Pennsylvania on Thursday, Corbett told the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees that six campuses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education sit on the Marcellus Shale Formation, which could be tapped for natural gas.Corbett’s 2011-2012 budget proposal, according to the Times-News, “includes $2 billion in cuts to education and a 50 percent reduction in aid to colleges and universities.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=112085