PASSHE Institutions Merging

[SW_Mustang]

The most "look at us only" generation? It isn't boomers I see taking millions of selfies, going out of their way to perform routines on the Interweb, and wailing about the Tik-Tok situation. Blaming one generation or another for society's woes is an exercise in wasting time.

Who is raising the kids to be this way? Honest question.

Also - was there ever a time when the older generations didn't complain about the younger ones? Has it ever mattered?

[iupgroundhog]

Yes PS Harrisburg is the only Penn State branch with positive growth in the last few years. Even the more successful ones like Erie/Behrend are down. Harrisburg is now one of the autonomous campuses with its own leadership. Essentially operating a PASSHE school but with Penn State branding. The smaller branches that are more like Penn State distance ed outreach campuses are under University Park control and all struggling. The mothership in State College is finding ways to cut $50M from their collective operating budgets. Most of these campuses are less than 1,000 students.

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvan...anch-campuses/

Based on a picture I saw on Facebook last week of my 1st cousin's grandson when they graduate from one of those satellite campuses they hold up a banner that says "We are..."

Just sayin'.

[iupgroundhog]

The most "look at us only" generation? It isn't boomers I see taking millions of selfies, going out of their way to perform routines on the Interweb, and wailing about the Tik-Tok situation. Blaming one generation or another for society's woes is an exercise in wasting time.

I'm really confused about all this intergenerational animosity. I'm part of the Pepsi Generation but I always preferred Coke. Now I drink something called Soleil. Less filling. Doesn't taste great. No sugar.

[Ship69]

I'm really confused about all this intergenerational animosity. I'm part of the Pepsi Generation but I always preferred Coke. Now I drink something called Soleil. Less filling. Doesn't taste great. No sugar.

It's part of the increasing move we see toward tribal thinking versus individual critical thinking these days. Throughout human history there always has been a tendency to go along with the mob. It's a lot easier than thinking for yourself and also reinforces a belief that you're a member of the "in" group and on the right side of history. All the better if there's a group you can blame for the world's problems because they just don't get it like your tribe does. Also, thinking against the grain can make you unpopular, and most people have trouble dealing with that. If you live in an area where one political party or the other is ascendent (very common in today's U.S.), you quickly tire of people shaking their head or rolling their eyes at you to indicate how foolish you are to disagree with their profound way of thinking.

By shortening attention spans and offering instant gratification, the Interweb and social media have only accentuated this very human tendency. It's very easy to jump online, throw out a few jibes that get positive reactions from like-minded individuals, and think yourself very clever. We're living in a very ripe time for demagogues, and with the increasing development of AI and more sophisticated methods of propaganda, it's likely to get worse. This kind of stuff usually doesn't end well for humanity.

As I've indicated, I consider intergenerational hostility a fool's errand.

[Fightingscot82]

Based on a picture I saw on Facebook last week of my 1st cousin's grandson when they graduate from one of those satellite campuses they hold up a banner that says "We are..."

Just sayin'.

And that $200 suit from the Brooks Brothers store at the outlets is the same as the ones in Nordstrom. Yeah right.

[IUPNation]

The most "look at us only" generation? It isn't boomers I see taking millions of selfies, going out of their way to perform routines on the Interweb, and wailing about the Tik-Tok situation. Blaming one generation or another for society's woes is an exercise in wasting time.

Dude…everything was geared for and towards Boomers for 5-6 decades straight. We in Gen X have never been catered to..ever. Name one time Gen X was ever the main focus of anything? Boomers made sure we didn’t get a turn. Gen X is like King Charles waiting for Liz to give him his turn on throne..he got it when he was too old fully enjoy it. Welcome to Gen X!

I mean who is the biggest narcissistic look at me dipschitt in the world today? The Giant Orange Turd..because his Greatest Generation parents raised him to be that way…so again my point is no generation had the answers on everything especially raising kids. My parents were Silent/Greatest Generation..have 3 Boomer brothers and I was a midlife child born in the beginning of Gen X. My brothers got to do whatever they wanted but everything they did wrong I got the jail sentence for it. Then they had the audacity to say I got more than they did because my parents had more money after they got older and I was still a kid..so yes I was raised more strict but I had better clothes, vacations and sent to college. I look at it as a trade off..:-) Now who makes sure our 97 year old father with dementia is taken care of..the Boomers or the Gen X? Yep it’s me. They haven’t been bothered to do a thing.,to many issues for themselves I’m told..

[Bart]

Dude…everything was geared for and towards Boomers for 5-6 decades straight. We in Gen X have never been catered to..ever. Name one time Gen X was ever the main focus of anything? Boomers made sure we didn’t get a turn. Gen X is like King Charles waiting for Liz to give him his turn on throne..he got it when he was too old fully enjoy it. Welcome to Gen X!

I mean who is the biggest narcissistic look at me dipschitt in the world today? The Giant Orange Turd..because his Greatest Generation parents raised him to be that way…so again my point is no generation had the answers on everything especially raising kids. My parents were Silent/Greatest Generation..have 3 Boomer brothers and I was a midlife child born in the beginning of Gen X. My brothers got to do whatever they wanted but everything they did wrong I got the jail sentence for it. Then they had the audacity to say I got more than they did because my parents had more money after they got older and I was still a kid..so yes I was raised more strict but I had better clothes, vacations and sent to college. I look at it as a trade off..:-) Now who makes sure our 97 year old father with dementia is taken care of..the Boomers or the Gen X? Yep it’s me. They haven’t been bothered to do a thing.,to many issues for themselves I’m told..

It always falls on the youngest child, no matter what generation.

[IUPNation]

It always falls on the youngest child, no matter what generation.

It shouldn’t all fall on one sibling.

[iupgroundhog]

Dude…everything was geared for and towards Boomers for 5-6 decades straight. We in Gen X have never been catered to..ever. Name one time Gen X was ever the main focus of anything? Boomers made sure we didn’t get a turn. Gen X is like King Charles waiting for Liz to give him his turn on throne..he got it when he was too old fully enjoy it. Welcome to Gen X!

I mean who is the biggest narcissistic look at me dipschitt in the world today? The Giant Orange Turd..because his Greatest Generation parents raised him to be that way…so again my point is no generation had the answers on everything especially raising kids. My parents were Silent/Greatest Generation..have 3 Boomer brothers and I was a midlife child born in the beginning of Gen X. My brothers got to do whatever they wanted but everything they did wrong I got the jail sentence for it. Then they had the audacity to say I got more than they did because my parents had more money after they got older and I was still a kid..so yes I was raised more strict but I had better clothes, vacations and sent to college. I look at it as a trade off..:-) Now who makes sure our 97 year old father with dementia is taken care of..the Boomers or the Gen X? Yep it’s me. They haven’t been bothered to do a thing.,to many issues for themselves I’m told..

Life has challenges. That's not the fault of the baby boomers.

[IUPNation]

Life has challenges. That's not the fault of the baby boomers.

Again I said no one generation is to blame for every problem. The Boomers are not without fault. Neither is Gen X the Millennials or the Zoomers. Everyone has their faults but only one gets ignored.

The Greatest Generation let urban America fall apart because of their racism.

The Boomers sold out.

Gen X is too cynical.

Tge Millennials are too needy.

The Zoomers eat Tide Pods and are unsocialized.

See? Nobody is perfect.

:-)

[IUPbigINDIANS]

And that $200 suit from the Brooks Brothers store at the outlets is the same as the ones in Nordstrom. Yeah right.

End of the day they have a degree from Penn State.

Their resume is likely to never mention the 'Dubois' part of it.

I know some really, really smart people who graduated from Penn State New Ken with engineering degrees.

[Fightingscot82]

Article in the Pittsburgh edition of the Toledo Blade on small college enrollment drops over the last 10 years.

La Roche - up 40%
Chatham - up 10%

Waynesburg - down 37.6%
Robert Morris - down 37.4%
Allegheny - down 35.6%
Geneva - down 33.5%
Carlow - down 30.1%
Seton Hill - down 15.7%
Saint Vincent - down 15.3%
Point Park - down 14.4%
Washington & Jefferson - down 13.3%
Westminster - down 11.3%
Grove City - down 7% (surprising)

They also provide some Penn State and Pitt outlet store campuses:

Shenango - down 50.5% to 281 students
Fayette - down 49.9% to 424
Greater Allegheny (McKeesport) - down 41.7% to 363
New Kensington - 32.4% to 522
Beaver - down 25.7% to 460
Greensburg - down 20.8% to 1,328

[iupgroundhog]

Article in the Pittsburgh edition of the Toledo Blade on small college enrollment drops over the last 10 years.

La Roche - up 40%
Chatham - up 10%

Waynesburg - down 37.6%
Robert Morris - down 37.4%
Allegheny - down 35.6%
Geneva - down 33.5%
Carlow - down 30.1%
Seton Hill - down 15.7%
Saint Vincent - down 15.3%
Point Park - down 14.4%
Washington & Jefferson - down 13.3%
Westminster - down 11.3%
Grove City - down 7% (surprising)

They also provide some Penn State and Pitt outlet store campuses:

Shenango - down 50.5% to 281 students
Fayette - down 49.9% to 424
Greater Allegheny (McKeesport) - down 41.7% to 363
New Kensington - 32.4% to 522
Beaver - down 25.7% to 460
Greensburg - down 20.8% to 1,328

Wow!

[ctrabs74]

Article in the Pittsburgh edition of the Toledo Blade on small college enrollment drops over the last 10 years.

They also provide some Penn State and Pitt outlet store campuses:

Shenango - down 50.5% to 281 students
Fayette - down 49.9% to 424
Greater Allegheny (McKeesport) - down 41.7% to 363
New Kensington - 32.4% to 522
Beaver - down 25.7% to 46
Greensburg - down 20.8% to 1,328

At what point does State Penn and Fail to Pitt continue to cling to these outlet store campuses? Having five PSU campuses within an hour or two of Downtown Pittsburgh is beyond ridiculous. And Cheyney has a larger enrollment (slightly over 700) than the five State Penn campuses highlighted here - and Cheyney is at least stable enrollment-wise.

[ironmaniup]

At what point does State Penn and Fail to Pitt continue to cling to these outlet store campuses? Having five PSU campuses within an hour or two of Downtown Pittsburgh is beyond ridiculous. And Cheyney has a larger enrollment (slightly over 700) than the five State Penn campuses highlighted here - and Cheyney is at least stable enrollment-wise.

keep in mind that many students transfer to main campus, and that they provide alot of extension classes to part timers. So there is more to the numbers than shown here. I suppose they will also close some down eventually, or combine facilities with local community colleges, or some other institution.