Pitt could raise tuition next fall by 10-15 percent — or even more — and still recruit a freshman class equal to this year's in terms of academic quality, diversity and sheer numbers. But only if public colleges and universities nationwide raised their tuitions by about the same percentage. Betsy Porter, director of Admissions and […]
ADMISSIONS AT PITT: The news is good, as the quantity and quality of applicants continues to rise >
December 6th, 2001As standards here go up, the list of Pitt's competitors is changing >
December 6th, 2001The list of universities with which the Pittsburgh campus competes for undergraduates has grown more exclusive since the mid-1990s, as Pitt has raised its admissions standards and broadened its recruiting. Pitt no longer sees West Virginia University and Pennsylvania's state-owned schools as competitors, and it now considers Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne to be its only […]
Some faculty pose the question: Could Pitt survive without state funds? >
December 6th, 2001Could Pitt make it as a private university? Not that Pitt's administration is contemplating such a move. But professors who serve on the University Senate budget policies committee (BPC) – angered at state interference in Pitt affairs, most recently attacks by some legislators against the University's Environmental Law Clinic – asked Admissions and Financial Aid […]
ON TEACHING: Frank Colavita >
December 6th, 2001Frank Colavita loves teaching, especially large introductory classes. A tenured associate professor and former chair of the psychology department, he could avoid the much-maligned huge lecture classes. But Colavita, a 1997 winner of the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, not only is willing to teach the "Introduction to Psychology" class, which typically enrolls hundreds of students, […]
Initiative launched to replace books missing from Hillman Library >
December 6th, 2001An initiative has been launched to acquire books for Hillman Library, and to replace the thousands of books that have been lost or stolen over the years. Financed with $250,000 from the Office of the Provost, the project is called the Library Undergraduate Collection Initiative (LUCI), and focuses on obtaining books of interest to undergraduates. […]
UPT launches public phase of fund drive >
December 6th, 2001Pitt's Titusville campus last month launched the public phase of its capital campaign, "Blueprint for Progress." The goal of the campaign is $1.5 million. The money will go for physical plant renovations, new academic programs, scholarships and other campus needs. Titusville President Michael A. Worman said that $800,000 had been raised or pledged during the […]
Commitment to law clinic continues, administrators insist >
December 6th, 2001The three administrators most involved in the controversy over Pitt’s Environmental Law Clinic replied vigorously this week to a Dec. 2 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story that questioned their commitment to the clinic. In a point-by-point response published in the Post-Gazette yesterday, School of Law Dean David Herring disputed the story’s conclusion that Pitt has been “more […]