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Penn State makes its case for campus closures, including Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania State University published its preliminary report Tuesday on its controversial closure plans for seven of its ...
Penn State University leadership recommends closing 7 branch campuses
12 campuses had been previously been considered for closure, but five of those are no longer on the chopping block.
Penn State trustees’ private talks on campus closures are ‘exact type’ of discussions that should happen in public, expert says
Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of closed-door meetings for discussion of ...
Inside Higher Ed4h
Penn State Proposes 7 Campus Closures
The campuses proposed for closure are Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Altogether, those campuses enroll just under 3,200 students. Penn State York, which ...
Penn State administration is proposing to close seven Commonwealth campuses
The board of trustees has not yet voted on the plan. The seven campuses currently proposed for closure are Dubois, Fayette, ...
Penn State blames looming campus closures on ‘declining’ Pennsylvania
A statistic-filled report says the closures are directly linked to Pa.’s projected precipitous population plunge.
Centre Daily Times on MSN8h
Here are some of the central issues that define Penn State’s campus closure debate
Finances, enrollment, governance and community perspectives are shaping the future of Pennsylvania’s higher education ...
The Times-Tribune3h
Report outlines reasons for keeping Penn State Scranton open
Citing its importance to the region and the diverse population it serves, Penn State officials are recommending keeping Penn ...
Republican Herald4d
Penn State doing well financially even as it considers closing campuses
To even the gap, Bendapudi asked the lawmakers to add $30 million to Penn State’s annual appropriation of $242.1 million, ...
‘By making hard decisions now, we are choosing to lead through change’: Penn State president
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi has proposed closing the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, ...