What most don't realize is that Temple only gets about 19% of their operating budget from the State of PA, so the 25% decrease isn't as enormous as it appears, maybe 4-5%? They cut the budget by 5% last year and resulted in a 2.9% tuition increase. Take a look at the snapshot below and read last year's budget for some insight:
http://www.temple.edu/budget/documents/budgetnarrative.pdf