Today, across virtually every institution of higher education, the issue of balancing budgets in an environment of rising costs and constrained revenues has taken on priority consideration. In Pennsylvania, the state university system and the state-related universities face a similar challenge both in the short term as well as over the long term. As you […]
THE CHANCELLOR'S COLUMN >
April 27th, 1995Law, African schools linked >
April 27th, 1995Pitt's School of Law has been linked to its counterparts in Africa through the newly created African Legal Initiative (AFLI) Sister Law School Program. Established to internationalize the rule of law around the world, the Pitt connection will be reinforced this month by Kenyan educators visiting Pitt's law school to learn about the American system […]
Responding to HealthAmerica >
April 27th, 1995TO: All HealthAmerica Participants As of July 1, 1995 HealthAmerica is not a University of Pittsburgh medical provider, except under limited circumstances. The April 14, 1995 letter you received from HealthAmerica indicating that you may select and continue to utilize your HealthAmerica doctor(s) is extremely misleading — particularly concerning additional costs. There is no way […]
Trustees name Roddey chairperson of search committee for new chancellor >
April 27th, 1995The Board of Trustees has appointed Pittsburgh advertising executive James C. Roddey to head a search committee to find a new Pitt chancellor. Current Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor announced this month that he will resign at the end of the 1995-96 academic year or when his successor is named, whichever comes first. Roddey, a Pitt […]