Altoona Mirror – Making It Happen For You:
“Mirror: How would you characterize the overall health of the university?
“Spanier: Penn State is in exceptionally good health. Financial people would know this by hearing that we have had two upgrades in our bond grading during the time I’ve been president. Our enrollments are at record highs, our endowment is up, and our fundraising activities are going well. We’re the most popular university in the United States. We almost always get our first choice of faculty and staff members we’re hiring. We have tremendous alumni support — more alumni donors than any university in the country and the largest dues-paying alumni association. And this year, thank goodness, the Legislature gave us a pretty decent increase in our appropriation, which is going to allow us keep tuition down to a reasonable level. It will be the lowest tuition increase that we’ve had in a very long time at Penn State. …”