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Mayor Nutter’s ‘PhillyGoes2College Initiative’ launches with help from Peirce College

Peirce President Jim Mergiotti joined Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter on February 23, 2010 at the ribbon cutting of PhillyGoes2College’s offices in City Hall Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and the Office of Education today officially launched the PhillyGoes2College Initiative (PG2C). PG2C is an important part of Mayor Nutter’s efforts and programs to help educate city residents and help them pursue degrees […]

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Taxing tuition: The wrong choice for municipalities

Recently, I met with Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rob Wonderling to discuss a number of topics dealing with economic growth, education and the Philadelphia region. Rob offered some great insights into higher and continuing education’s role in the region’s economic success. Rob and I discussed the issue of municipalities taxing higher education tuition, which […]

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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to deliver keynote address at 2010 commencement ceremony

I am pleased to announce that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Commencement ceremony on Monday June 14th. The full press release detailing the announcement is below. We’re honored to have Mayor Nutter as a speaker, particularly because he shares Peirce’s vision for educating Philadelphians and helping them gain […]

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Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s Rob Wonderling makes higher education a key element of the Chamber’s expansion

On Feb. 4, I was honored, on behalf of the College, to host Rob Wonderling, President and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, on his first visit to Peirce. After exchanging stories about how we arrived in our current roles, the conversation quickly turned to business. It became readily apparent minutes into our […]

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How we make Peirce a better place for working adults: Inside our strategic planning process

Part of the lifecycle of any proactive and progressive organization is the process of strategic planning. Nonprofits, corporations, schools, and government organizations all have formal and informal methods of examining past performance, evaluating their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (via a traditional SWOT analysis), deciding on the best strategy going forward, and implementing changes that […]

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