PRINTER'S NO. 2589
No. 416 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WILT, ADOLPH, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF, BIANCUCCI, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
CRUZ, DALLY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FLICK, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARRIS, HASAY,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KILLION, KOTIK,
LEDERER, LEH, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, MUNDY,
PALLONE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHANER, SHAPIRO,
SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, STURLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND ZUG,
JULY 28, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 28, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating October 18, 2005, as "Independent College and
2 University Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has the second largest number of
4 private colleges and universities in the United States; and
5 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
6 Commonwealth enroll 250,000 students; and
7 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
8 Commonwealth award 51% of baccalaureate degrees awarded
9 Statewide; and
10 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
11 Commonwealth award 54% of degrees awarded to minority students
1 Statewide; and
2 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
3 Commonwealth award 62% of advanced degrees awarded Statewide;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
6 Commonwealth collectively employ more than 71,000 people, making
7 these institutions the fourth largest private-sector employer
8 Statewide, with a total economic impact of more than $18
9 billion; and
10 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities in this
11 Commonwealth enroll more out-of-State students than any other
12 state, attracting more than 19,000 talented young people every
13 year; and
14 WHEREAS, Many of these students stay to work in this
15 Commonwealth upon graduation; and
16 WHEREAS, The presence of a large, healthy sector of
17 independent institutions of higher education results in enormous
18 investment of private dollars for educating our citizens,
19 thereby saving State taxpayers significant expenditures; and
20 WHEREAS, All Pennsylvanians benefit to some degree from the
21 operation of independent colleges and universities throughout
22 this Commonwealth; therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October
24 18, 2005, as "Independent College and University Day" in
25 Pennsylvania.
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