Papakie, 52, knew firsthand the challenges of struggling college students from her own hilly life’s climb. She served the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police as an information officer, then the California campus of the Pennsylvania state system as a spokesperson. “When I thought of college students, I thought of, y’know, rich people.”Papakie’s relationship is not just with the students, but also with the town of Indiana. “Suite-style housing — that’s what college students of today are looking for,” said Tony Atwater, the university’s president at the time. When the 2008 recession hit, many states slashed the budgets for regional campuses of state schools.

Source: bd News24 December 28, 2020 09:11 UTC