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Students walk on Lock Haven University campus

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Pennsylvania State University System Merges Six Schools Into Two

Six of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities will be consolidated into two new institutions under a unanimous vote Wednesday by the State System of…

A gate on the campus of Lock Haven University

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PASSHE Approves Plan To Merge Six State Universities Into Two

Min Xian

Update at 3:13 p.m. Wednesday, July 14: The PASSHE Board of Governors unanimously voted to approve the integration plan. The Pennsylvania State System of…

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Pa. Moves Forward On Plan To Merge Six State Universities Into Two

Sam Dunklau | Capitol Bureau Chief

UPDATED: APRIL 29, 2021 | 10:28 AMA plan that would merge six of Pennsylvania’s state universities into two regional schools moved forward Wednesday.The…

A student walks on the Lock Haven University campus in Lock Haven, Pa, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

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Lock Haven University Workers To Protest Job Outsourcing Saturday

Emily Reddy

Members of a Lock Haven University labor union will host a protest Saturday over plans from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, or PASSHE,…

The system will need to "dramatically" accelerate a redesign aimed at increasing collaborations between schools while cutting costs, Chancellor Dan Greenstein said.

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PASSHE Begins Planning For Six-University Consolidation, Including Lock Haven

Sam Dunklau | Capitol Bureau Chief

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is drawing up plans to bring six of the universities in its orbit under two umbrellas. PASSHE leaders are…

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (left) and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (right) took turns discussing the rising cost of college education at Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

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Fetterman, Corman Seek Solutions To The Rising Cost Of Higher Education At Student Forum

Min Xian

Third highest in the nation.That’s how Pennsylvania ranks in the price of attending a public university according to the most recent report from College…

Shippensburg University is one of the 14 schools that make up the troubled PASSHE system.

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Report Urges Consolidation, Other Drastic Measures To Fix PASSHE

Katie Meyer | WHYY

(Harrisburg) -- A group of independent researchers has released a report recommending dramatic changes to Pennsylvania’s public higher education…

Lock Haven Students Rally For State Funding

Students and faculty from state-owned universities across the state traveled to Harrisburg to advocate for increased funding for the Pennsylvania State…