More than 100,000 college students in Pennsylvania had their education disrupted Wednesday as contract negotiations affecting 14 state universities ground to a halt and professors took to picket lines. After a last-ditch attempt to negotiate before midnight Tuesday, members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties went on strike at 5 a.m. Wednesday. Pennsylvania has one of the largest public university systems in the country and, like many, its public funding has not kept pace with inflation. Its state funding of $444 million is about the same as it was in 1999.

October 19, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post