$7.5M bonus bonanza at PHEAA

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 4, 2007

Brett Lieberman on the latest embarrasing revelation of PHEAA’s extravagances, from the state audit of the agency. Here is the Auditor General’s news release on the interim audit…

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Bonus Ban Measure Passes State Government Committee

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 2, 2007

John Eichelberger’s Bonus Ban Bill – banning all bonuses in state government, PHEAA, legislative staffers, executive branch, etc. – cleared its first hurdle today.

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PHEAA CEO to get $360,000 annual pension

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 28, 2007

Jan Murphy on the pension retiring PHEAA CEO Dick Willey will receive. The pension is so elevated because his $180,000 bonus counts toward the pension calculation. Of course, he…

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PHEAA CEO to step down

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 26, 2007

PHEAA CEO Dick Willey announced he will resign at the end of the year. Possible reasons include a better paying job in the private sector, belief that Governor…

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Is PA Government the Worst?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 21, 2007

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story on a Tim Potts presentation on taking Pennsylvania from “worst in the nation” to “best in the nation” in terms of good government. Unfortunately, spokesmen…

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Time to put PHEAA up for sale

  • September 12, 2007

Editorial on PHEAA from The Valley Independent: “While the concept of placing the agency in the hands of a private, for-profit company might seem – considering the whole PROFIT aspect…

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Calls for heads to roll at PHEAA

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 4, 2007

The Patriot News says PHEAA employees who think they would earn more in the private sector should go earn more in the private sector (by which they mean not…

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Ripping Off Taxpayers, Pennsylvania Style

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 29, 2007

Richard Vedder of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity weighs in on the PHEAA bonuses. Vedder’s book Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much is…

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