Higher Taxes and Tuition Coming for PA College Students

The Tribune Review reports Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is continuing to threaten a tax on tuition, attempting to use a jedi mind trick to persuade universities to cough up more money. This despite the fact that state legislators are already pushing legislation to stop a tax on tuition, and many feel the courts would strike down the tax as unconstitutional.

In a related story, the Trib profiles how state-related universities may hike tuition mid-year (a spokeswoman for Penn State seemed to indicate that possibility is remote, whereas a Pitt spokesman suggests it may have to happen).

For more discussion of Pennsylvania higher education funding and the Pittsburgh tuition tax, check out:

• Taxing Tuition: The Future of Higher Education
• Tuition Tax Podcast
• High Costs of Higher Education: Reforming how Pennsylvania Taxpayers Finance Colleges and Universities
• Reform, Not More Spending, Key to College Affordability