The Commonwealth System of Higher Education is the organizing body of Pennsylvania's state-related schools, which allows the independent control of the universities while supplying them with the public funds needed for operations at each institution. Universities in the System are considered public universities, but are under independent control rather than that of the state. Because of their independent status, universities in the Commonwealth System tend to have higher tuition costs compared to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. They are also exempt from Pennsylvania's Open Records law. Prior to the creation of the "state-related" legal status in the early 1970s, Pennsylvania State University was public and Lincoln University, Temple University and University of Pittsburgh were private.
Universities
The following universities belong to the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Encyclopedia
top
