a more positive response<\/a> than last year\u2019s.<\/p>\nUniversity of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel said in a message to staff, faculty and students that the questions themselves \u201care not unfamiliar.\u201d Pitt seeks input from its community as it thinks about its approach for next steps, Gabel wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Pitt, we regularly demonstrate the impact of our mission, our work, and especially our people, to prospective students and their families, research sponsors, patients, alumni, legislators, community partners and the public,\u201d Gabel said, adding much is already documented in the university\u2019s strategic plans.<\/p>\n
The university will also communicate with national higher education associations, like the Association of American Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Both organizations offered input while the letter was being developed, Gabel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic and land-grant universities remain deeply committed to this mission and to delivering on the promise of public higher education,\u201d the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to learning more from the Department of Education about this effort and collaborating to advance shared goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitt and Penn State belong to the land-grant association. Penn State spokesman Wyatt DuBois said university leadership is reviewing the letter.<\/p>\n
McMahon said that, for centuries, American colleges and universities \u201cwere a source of immense national pride,\u201d advancing science and opening opportunities, powering the modern research enterprise and serving \u201cas indispensable repositories of our civilizational inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYet, as higher education has drifted from the principles that built up so much public esteem, Americans\u2019 trust in universities has reached record lows,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Carnegie Mellon officials are reviewing the letter, said spokesman Chuck Carney.<\/p>\n
John Cardone, Carlow spokesman, said his university is reviewing the request and plans to respond by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
La Roche spokesman Brady Butler said his university\u2019s administration is reviewing the letter, and communicating with the department\u201cto better understand its implications for higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur mission remains to provide a student-centered education that prepares graduates for rewarding careers, lives of purpose, and service to their communities while keeping that education accessible and affordable, with an actual cost of attendance that is among the lowest of the region\u2019s independent universities,\u201d Butler said. \u201cWe will continue to fulfill our mission while complying with applicable federal and state laws.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spokespeople for Slippery Rock, Indiana and Pennsylvania Western universities directed requests for comment to the State System of Higher Education. Spokesman Kevin Hensil said the system is committed to affordability, transparency and providing students with a high-quality education.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are reviewing the letter together with our university presidents,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are excited for the upcoming start of the fall semester and remain proud that our 10 universities provide a high-quality public education that opens doors of opportunity to the people of Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duquesne and Chatham spokespeople did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh-area universities are reviewing and planning next steps after the U.S. Department of Education is asking them to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-260590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}