PRINTER'S NO. 692
No. 49 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, HART, JUBELIRER, ARMSTRONG, THOMPSON,
MOWERY, ROBBINS, COSTA, KUKOVICH, DENT, GREENLEAF, MURPHY,
WAGNER, BRIGHTBILL, LEMMOND, MUSTO, SALVATORE, BELAN, BODACK,
WAUGH, SCHWARTZ, RHOADES, SLOCUM AND MELLOW, MARCH 23, 1999
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 23, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating March 23, 1999, as "Independent College and
2 University Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has the second
4 largest number of private colleges and universities in the
5 nation; and
6 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities enroll 41% of
7 the students in Pennsylvania higher education; and
8 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities award 51% of
9 the baccalaureate degrees in Pennsylvania; and
10 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities award 50% of
11 the degrees awarded to minority students in Pennsylvania; and
12 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities award 57% of
13 the advanced degrees in Pennsylvania; and
14 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities collectively
15 employ 63,000 people, making them the seventh largest private-
16 sector employer in Pennsylvania, with a total economic impact of
17 $10.3 billion; and
1 WHEREAS, Independent colleges and universities attract 15,000
2 talented young people to Pennsylvania every year, many of whom
3 stay to work in Pennsylvania upon graduation; and
4 WHEREAS, The presence of a large, healthy sector of
5 independent institutions of higher education results in enormous
6 investment of private dollars for educating our citizenry,
7 thereby saving State taxpayers significant expenditures; and
8 WHEREAS, All Pennsylvanians benefit to some degree from the
9 availability of independent colleges and universities throughout
10 this Commonwealth; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate March 23, 1999, as
12 "Independent College and University Day" in Pennsylvania.
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