Back in 2011, after proposing to cut 50% of state funding for colleges and universities from the PA 2011-2012 spending plan, Gov. Corbett told his critics to go “Drilling for Dollars”. Corbett says gas drilling - on campus - could save colleges | philly.com | Thursday, April 28, 2011 Gov. Corbett has proposed a novel solution to the higher education funding crisis: drilling for dollars. Not a gas tax, mind you but gas rigs, right on campus. Corbett told the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees today that schools could address revenue shortfalls by tapping into the riches of the Marcellus Shale beneath their campuses. Corbett said six campuses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education sit on the lucrative Marcellus shale natural gas formation, The Erie Times reported. […]
