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Pitt reports record first‑year class, steady state funding and updates on bargaining talks
Summary
University of Pittsburgh leaders told trustees they welcomed the largest first‑year class in school history, flagged a performance‑based funding formula with no new appropriations, and reported tentative progress in separate graduate and staff bargaining talks.
University of Pittsburgh trustees heard on Dec. 14 that the university enrolled its largest first‑year class after a record number of applications and that state and bargaining developments will shape the university’s near‑term finances.
In her chancellor’s report, the chancellor said the incoming class followed “nearly 65,000” applications and included a record number of Pennsylvania resident students, a nearly 20% increase in rural Pennsylvania students and that 22.5% of the class are Pell recipients. Graduate and professional enrollment rose about 3.5% year over year, the chancellor said, and ‘‘year‑over‑year enrollment is higher on each of our campuses simultaneously for the…
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