<p>Higher education is proposed to have a severely disporportionate percentage of the cutbacks in Corbett’s budget. While state owned and state related universities are seeing a 50 to 52% cut in their state funding (which is completely separate from federal stimulus in this case), the Governor’s office and Legislature are only seeing a 2% cut. Meanwhile, prisons are getting much more money, including $600 million for new prison buildings.</p>
<p>Yes, sharing the pain is one thing. But Corbett seems to take pleasure in screwing public education.</p>