‘Test case’ Pennsylvania plans university funding overhaul

Can university-led innovation really create good jobs for local people?

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Discovery of classified Biden papers inside university’s Washington office threatens to reverse reputational high from its seemingly prescient political cultivation

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‘Test case’ Pennsylvania plans university funding overhaul

All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes

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‘Test case’ Pennsylvania plans university funding overhaul

All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes

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Related articles

Can university-led innovation really create good jobs for local people?

Will US universities’ labour pains be the mother of invention?

Rice, with path-breaking leader, eyes new directions

‘Worry’ for academia-security partnerships after Penn discovery

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Penn State (Main campus)

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus

Temple University

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