Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 2510-402. Legislative findings; declaration of policy

(1) That Lincoln University derives its corporate existence by reason of the act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania entitled “An act to Incorporate the Ashmun Institute,” act of April 29, 1854 (P.L. 531);

(2) That the name Ashmun Institute was changed to Lincoln University by a supplement to the original Charter of Incorporation by act of the General Assembly, act of April 4, 1866 (P.L. 452);

(3) That the original Charter of Incorporation was subsequently supplemented by act of the General Assembly, act of February 18, 1871 (P.L. 106);

(4) That the original Charter of Incorporation was amended in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Chester on the thirteenth day of November 1896, on the fourth day of January 1897, on the sixteenth day of October 1939, on the tenth day of January 1953, and on the first day of April 1953;

(5) That the Charter of Lincoln University was duly amended in accordance with the authority granted by act of May 5, 1933 (P.L. 289);  1

(6) That Lincoln University owns and maintains land, buildings, and other facilities which are used, together with land and buildings owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for higher education, which land, buildings and other facilities are under the entire control and management of the board of trustees;

(7) That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognizes Lincoln University as an integral part of a system of higher education in Pennsylvania, and that the traditional objectives of Lincoln University in preparing young people to work with the problems of the disadvantaged is completely compatible with the needs of the Commonwealth, and that it is desirable and in the public interest to perpetuate and extend the relationship between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Lincoln University for the purpose of improving and strengthening higher education by designating Lincoln University as a State-related institution of higher education.

Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to extend Commonwealth opportunities for higher education by establishing Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the Commonwealth system of higher education.