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FOX 43 Harrisburg

Story includes an interview with AICUP president Tom Foley.

CBS WTAJ Altoona

Story includes an interview with AICUP president Tom Foley.

Glenside Local

AICUP

Fox 43, WGAL NBC 8, ABC 27.

AICUP member college mascots from across Pennsylvania converged at the State Capitol in Harrisburg in an event covered by three television outlets: Fox 43, WGAL NBC 8, ABC 27.

Insight Into Academia

Quote: "In Pennsylvania, [Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index] spotlighted independent nonprofit institutions as the leaders in boosting economic mobility —20 of the top 25 were members of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania.”

Penn Live / Patriot News

Erie News Now, WENY New York

Studio 2, WHYY Philadelphia (NPR, PBS)

Technical.ly

PA Chamber of Business and Industry

PA Chamber Morning News

Penn Live / Patriot News

NAICU News

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

WHYY Philadelphia (NRP, PBS)

Fox 43 Harrisburg, Central PA

Original aired Monday, August 11. Video and online story include an interview with AICUP president Tom Foley.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lancaster Online / LPN

(Front page)

WENY (ABC, CBS New York)

Altoona Mirror

WFMJ NBC 21

Erie Times-News, Go Erie

Sunday print edition August 17, online August 14.

Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre)

The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown)

Central Penn Business Journal & Lehigh Valley Business Journal

The Morning Call (Allentown)

WVIA Scranton (NPR, PBS)

WITF Harrisburg (NPR, PBS)

WESA Pittsburgh (NPR/PBS)

WDIY Lehigh valley (NPR, PBS)

WHYY Philadelphia (NRP PBS), Philadelphia Tribune, WESA Pittsburgh, SHEEO, Spotlight PA

US News and World Report

NAICU (National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities)

Technical.ly

Learn the facts about the incredible impact of education and academic research for our nation's economy.

AICUP president Tom Foley's defense of the Pell Grant was published in these 𝟮𝟮 media outlets: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, LPN Lancaster Online, Reading Eagle, DC Journal, Delaware Valley Journal, The Keystone, Allentown Morning Call, Bradford Era, Bedford Gazette, My Chester County, MSN, Glenside Local, Media News Group, The Lansdale Reporter, Delaware County Times, Montgomery County Times Herald, Chester County Daily Local News, The Pottstown Mercury, Meadville Tribune, Warren Times Observer, and the Santa Maria Times [California].

Philadelphia Inquirer

Sunday print edition: Comments from AICUP President Tom Foley.

Pennsylvania Capital Star

WGAL NBC 8

City and State PA

Pennsylvania Capital Star

Lancaster Online / LPN

MSN

NPR/PBS affiliates WHYY (Philadelphia), WESA (Pittsburgh), WVIA (Scranton), WITF (Central PA)

About 21,000 freshman students move to the state for college each year, according to data from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania.

Visual Capitalist/Voronoi (infographic)

Huffington Post

New York One (Spectrum)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WSJ, PennLive/Patriot News, Altoona Mirror, Fox 43 Harrisburg, and ABC 16 Scranton.

AICUP members make up all the top ten and 19 of the top 20 schools in PA, according to the Wall Street Journal.

AICUP

“Higher Education is the ‘Secret Weapon’ of National Defense.”

PennLive / Patriot News

USA Today Network, PhillyBurbs, Echo-Pilot, Bucks County Courier Times, PA Chamber

Unless you’re in college right now, it may not seem like college affects you much. So then would you believe me if I told you that your daily routines are in fact shaped by Pennsylvania’s independent nonprofit colleges?

Lehigh Valley and Central Penn Business Journals

A study released in spring 2024 found that more college-educated workers moved here than left in the last year, a key turning point for the Keystone State. This new “brain gain” is a step in the right direction for jobs and the state’s economy, potentially reversing the tide of previous losses. PA welcomed a 51% net gain over the previous year in the number of new residents with a college degree, making Pennsylvania the 8th top state in net gain of college-educated workers in the USA

Daily Item, Tribune Democrat, Allied News, Meadville Tribune, Yahoo

Pennsylvania needs nurses. Efforts to recruit and retain health care workers have proven fruitful, according to The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, but members of the leading trade association continue to face labor shortages.

iAdvance Senior Care

In response to the healthcare staffing crisis, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) is taking an innovative approach to meet the state’s nursing needs.

ABC 27

Forty-three nursing schools of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) are partaking in new programs and partnerships to bridge the nursing cliff in Pa.

MSN

Forty-three nursing schools of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) are partaking in new programs and partnerships to bridge the nursing cliff in Pa.

Press Release

– An August survey by AICUP, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, highlights multiple innovations that member colleges are implementing to meet Pennsylvania’s critical nursing needs.

USA Today Network, PhillyBurbs, Yahoo

Tis the season of “consumer alerts” for holiday shoppers overwhelmed by colorful ads about “the sale of the century” and “savings extravaganzas.” It’s also the season for college “shopping” time, when families look to the next step in the lives of their 18-year-old. And maybe a life-changing decision like choosing the right college especially needs a consumer alert.