More cuts for Pennsylvania’s state universities?

Pennsylvania's state universities could take another big hit in funding under Gov. Corbett's budget proposal to be released Tuesday morning.

The 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, including West Chester and Cheyney, would see their state funding cut by 20 percent under Corbett's 2012-13 budget. The four state-related universities - Temple, Penn State, Lincoln and the University of Pittsburgh - would get a 30 percent cut, a source has confirmed.

For the state system, which received $412.7 million this year, it would mean a whopping $83 million cut.

The proposed cuts also would follow a substantial decrease in funding to the state universities in the current year, including a mid-year request from the governor for the schools to return some money. Students and professors already have begun rallying for additional funding for their schools.