Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence
The Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence (PGSE) are five-week, publicly funded summer program for gifted high school students.
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell cut funding for the PGSE program in the state's 2009-2010 budget. [1] [2] Five of the programs have been privately revived and are functioning members of the National Conference of Governor's Schools as of 2014.
Programs
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Engineering and Technology at Lehigh University
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Global Entrepreneurship at Lehigh University - (renamed the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship)
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information, Society, & Technology at Drexel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Governor's_School_for_Information,_Society_%26_Technology closed
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Health Care at the University of Pittsburgh - (renamed the University of Pittsburgh Health Career Scholars Academy)
- The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University