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Tuition hike
lowest in decades; differential tuition plan adopted
Penn State's tuition increase this fall will be the lowest in decades for
most students. Penn State has expanded existing differential tuition rates
to reflect more closely the cost of a student's education. The policy keeps
the 1997-98 base tuition increase to 3.7 percent for more than 55 percent
of its students -- the lowest general tuition increase since 1968.
Sloan Foundation gives $1.3
million to World Campus
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million grant to Penn
State to help the University launch its World Campus -- a University-wide
initiative with no walls, where learning is accomplished via the Internet
and other new information technologies.
Congress to discuss taxability
of tuition benefit
The taxability of the tuition reduction benefit offered to many employees
of higher education institutions across the nation will soon be the topic
of debate by Congress.
Road Scholars
Tour
On May 12, roughly 70 recently hired faculty members boarded a pair of buses
with President Graham B. Spanier for a two-day tour of western Pennsylvania
to see first-hand the impact the University has statewide. To see photos
from the trip, click
here.
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