2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!The 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities received a combined $38.7 million in funding for the 2007-08 school year, but Slippery Rock University dropped $375,063 from last year's funding. Between Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg and West Chester universities, SRU received $3,966,281, slightly less than the $4,341,344 allocated last year.
Slippery Rock University President Robert Smith is one of nine PASSHE university presidents who had their contracts extended through June 30, 2010 after a board meeting Oct. 11. In order to have a contract extension, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors must receive a written evaluation from the Council of Trustees.
It is not uncommon for professors to leave a university. Normal reasons may include sabbatical, a move to a different school or retirement. It is when professors leave a university before they are ready that it becomes difficult for their colleagues, as was the case with Abbass Alkhafaji and Claudia Balach.
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