Penn State maybe not so BIG in the future

[Panthergrowl13]

The state university system has already started to downsize. The number of state university schools went from 14 down to 10 with the formation of Penn West and Penn East.

In Pittsburgh, the Public School System is looking at closing 14 school buildings because the school system has facilities in place to educate 40,000 students but now only has 18,000 students to teach.

Many small private liberal arts colleges/universities will have to close over the next 10 years due to a significant decrease in tuition paying students.

The "Baby Bust" generation will have a significant impact just as the Baby Boomers had.

HAIL TO PITT!!!!

 

[joefromlancaster]

The pa gov. should insist that ups close all of its branch campuses to insure the
survival of the State college system.

 

[jtownknowitall]

The problem with many PSSHE schools is their location. Having four year public institutions in Erie, Harrisburg and Altoona makes a lot more sense than having them in Mansfield, California, Clarion and Lock Haven.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

It was a greedy financial grab by PSU which also uses them to funnel unqualified students into University Park without impacting the admission statistics there. And that is still largely what they are for.

I said this before, but Penn State has to be one of the very few schools in the country that the academic credentials of the upperclassmen, on the whole, are worse than the credentials of the freshmen. And it's all because they get a huge influx of poorly qualified students that come from the branches.

At most schools, the "lower credentialed" students are the ones who are more likely to drop out for whatever reason as time goes on. And I'm sure that happens at Penn State with the kids who enter as freshmen. But then you get all those junior transfers, most of whom never could have gotten into main campus in the first place.

But their checks don't bounce.

 

[CrazyPaco]

The state university system has already started to downsize. The number of state university schools went from 14 down to 10 with the formation of Penn West and Penn East.

In Pittsburgh, the Public School System is looking at closing 14 school buildings because the school system has facilities in place to educate 40,000 students but now only has 18,000 students to teach.

Many small private liberal arts colleges/universities will have to close over the next 10 years due to a significant decrease in tuition paying students.

The "Baby Bust" generation will have a significant impact just as the Baby Boomers had.

HAIL TO PITT!!!!

Pittsburgh Public Schools should sell its headquarters building on South Bellefield to Pitt. It had contemplated selling it in prior years.