Pursuant to Section 2004-D of the Public School Code of 1949, the Joint

State Government Commission submits herewith its statistical comparison of

the employment and salary, financial and contract data, and statements of

retirement and tuition benefit policies, reported by Lincoln University,

The Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, and Temple

University--the State-related universities.

The Commission staff has arranged the data comparisons and policy

statements into four major sections. Section I includes full-time faculty and staff

and average salaries for 2008-09. Section II includes actual revenue and

expenditure data for 2007-08 and 2008-09. Section III includes goods and

services purchase contracts for 2008-09. Section IV includes current statements

of retirement and tuition benefit policies.

Differences in the internal organizations of the universities, represented by

differences in their academic and administrative units and expenditure types,

make direct comparisons between the universities difficult for most data

elements. Changes in a university's academic or administrative units or

expenditure types from last year will change the 2007-08 dollar amounts from

those shown in last year's report. The universities may have revised some

2007-08 data since the time of the publication of last year's report.

Additional details on some data elements are available from the

Commission staff.