Friday, October 15th: PA state college & "First Person" documentary

Focus on: 

Public College and Universities in PA

&

The Documentary Film First Person

"Because making it to college costs more than you think."

On Friday Adrienne did a wonderful presentation on some of the benefits of attending a PA state college or university. 

Adrienne's presentation on PA State schools

Adrienne profiled 9 schools from the PA State System of Higher Education in order of their proximity to Philadelphia. The list of schools was:

-Cheyney University

-West Chester University

-Kutztown University

-Millersville University

-Shippensburg University

-Lock Haven University

-Mansfield University

-Clarion University

-California University

Adrienne started by addressing the question:

Why State Schools?


In Pennsylvania we have 34 universities and nearly 500,000 students attending public universities. This includes Penn State Branch Campus and the Penn State System of Higher Education and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE).


AFFORDABLE: Tuition at System universities is $5,554 per year for Pennsylvanian undergraduate students.

 Board and room charges vary, as do local fees.

LOTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS: The PASSHE Foundation supports all 14 PASSHE universities by providing scholarships to their students. Over the past three years, the Foundation awarded nearly 700 scholarships totaling almost $2 million.

QUALITY the PA State System of Higher Education, they can offer you the benefits of a private college for the price of a public one!

We spent the second portion of class watching the first half of the documentary film "First Person." The movie follows 6 Philadelphia high school students and their attempts to make it to college.  Next week when the students from the SSB come to Bryn Mawr they will attend an Education class where First Person filmmaker, Ben Herold, will be helping to facilitate the class. Additionally, some of the students from the film will also be in class.