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This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Pennsylvania. For the universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education $472.1-million have been approved, a 6-percent increase. Public backlash over a pay increase state lawmakers approved for themselves last year has prompted conservative legislators to push for a bill that would put a cap on spending in an effort to raise their sagging poll numbers. Governor Edward G. Rendell, a Democrat, has said that any cap on spending must have exceptions for certain items, including education.

Presents an update on higher education in the United States as of August 17, 2001. Budget for public college systems in New York; Opposition of colleges in Pennsylvania to a grant program awarded by Governor Tom Ridge.