Pennsylvania Higher Education at a Crossroads: To Boost Opportunity and Growth, Pennsylvania Needs to Invest in Higher Education
Pennsylvania’s public four-year colleges currently confront a funding and enrollment crisis, with three of the most distressed universities in...
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At Students’ Expense: Rising Costs Threaten Pennsylvania Public Universities’ Role in Upward Mobility
The 14 four-year universities within Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education have been a pivotal engine of upward mobility...
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Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges
This Reports and Briefing Papers establishes the historic importance of the 14 State System schools to working families in...
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Five Reasons Lawmakers Should Reject Three-Way Hybrid Pension Plan
Pennsylvania legislative leaders are considering trying to shoehorn into the end of the legislative session a pension proposal that...
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The State of Working Pennsylvania 2016
The State of Working Pennsylvania 2016 documents the reality of difficult economic times for many groups. It tells a...
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Towards the High Road in the New Hampshire Construction Industry: The Impact of a State Prevailing Wage Law
This study examines the economic impact of establishing a prevailing wage in the state of New Hampshire. Our research...
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Nursing Home Jobs That Pay
The KRC’s report, “Nursing Home Jobs That Pay,” updates and deepens our understanding of Pennsylvania’s nursing home industry and...
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The Right Choice for Giant Eagle and Western Pennsylvania
Prior to the 1980s, Giant Eagle provided family-sustaining careers to its employees. Over time, however, the company shifted to...
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The Pennsylvania Promise: Making College Affordable and Securing Pennsylvania’s Economic Future
In this report, the KRC and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center lay out a detailed plan to make post-secondary...
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The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage 2018
The KRC’s report “The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage in 2018” finds that the minimum wage in six border states and...
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It’s Not Really About Work: Why Pennsylvania Should Reject Work Requirements
Despite false and dangerous stereotypes about the poor being unwilling to work, the majority of SNAP and Medicaid recipients...
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Pre-K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand?
Despite Governor Wolf’s progress to restore the deep cuts to K-12 classroom funding enacted by Governor Corbett in 2011-12,...
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