As higher education costs continue to soar, college access is becoming harder for more and more Pennsylvanians. Pennsylvania needs to explore statewide reform measures to make college affordable for all.
Contact your legislators NOW and ask them to address this issue immediately.
The Pennsylvania Tuition Relief Act was announced as part of the Governor Edward G. Rendell’s 2009-10 budget proposal.
Every student in the program has to pay at least $1,000 to ensure all students are investing in their education.
Many families will save up to 3/4 of the total bill for tuition, fees, room, board and books
Will effect all incoming freshmen at PA state-owned and community colleges
The Pennsylvania Tuition Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians are facing a financial emergency that is threatening their future as well as the economic future of the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania is the sixth most expensive state in the nation for college costs, and the high cost of attending college means fewer students earn a degree
Only about a 1/4 of Pennsylvania adults has a bachelor’s degree – far fewer than in many competitor states
A Pennsylvanian with a bachelor’s degree will earn twice as much over the course of a lifetime as a person who has only a high school diploma – almost $1 million more
Something needs to change in order to ensure that all Pennsylvanians are able to attend college and leave without the burden of tens of thousands of dollars of unmanageable college debt. That something… the Pennsylvania Tuition Relief Act.
