1. Pennsylvania Lawmaker Schools University in Political Lesson.
- Author
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Schmidt, Peter
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UNIVERSITY & college entrance requirements , *HIGH school equivalency examinations , *HOME schooling , *HIGHER education & state ,PENNSYLVANIA state politics & government, 1951- - Abstract
The article reports on conflict between state and university entrance requirements for home-schooled students in Pennsylvania. The author explains that State Representative Joseph A. Petrarca contacted the University of the Arts, which is located in his western Pennsylvania district, on behalf of a family who believed that the school's standards of high-school equivalence were unfair. In July 2007, after repeated but unsuccessful attempts to talk with university administrators, Petrarca persuaded the state's House of Representatives to deny the university's state appropriation, which prompted interim university president William Mea to meet with him. Mea defends the university's efforts to recruit home-schooled students and claims that he was unaware of Petrarca's attempts to contact him.
- Published
- 2007