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Is more funding for low and middle income college students the answer to Pa.’s labor shortage?
2 Pennsylvania universities with 6 sets of sports teams: NCAA gives OK to merger
The decision pertains to sports in Division II at Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, Mansfield, California, Clarion and Edinboro universities.
No tuition increase for Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities
Students at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities won’t see tuition increase next year.
Pennsylvania state-owned university enrollment drops
The State System of Higher Education figures indicate loss of another 5,000-plus students this fall.
PASSHE chancellor floats $75 million plan for one-time money at state Senate panel
Chancellor Dan Greenstein wants a substantial portion of that money to pay for efforts to combine six of the system’s universities into two by next fall.
Pennsylvania state university system merges six schools into two
Bloomsburg, Mansfield and Lock Haven universities in northern Pennsylvania will form one institution; California, Clarion and Edinboro universities in western Pennsylvania the other.
PASSHE vote to merge six state universities into two nears despite pushback
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is expected to vote on its plan to merge six state-owned universities into two institutions as soon as Wednesday, despite questions that critics of the plan say remain unanswered.
Students or horses? Education advocates want to repurpose Pa.’s generous horse-racing subsidy
In 2019, PASSHE students received $5,739 in state subsidies, while the per-horse rate works out to $15,271.
Pa. lawmakers debate plan to consolidate state universities
The moves would not affect the other three state system schools in the midstate — Kutztown, Millersville, and Shippensburg.