PRINTER'S NO. 1136
No. 84 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WILT, MARCH 22, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 22, 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 House of Representatives designate March
12 23, 1999, as "Independent College and University Day" in
13 Pennsylvania.
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