PASSHE Institutions Merging

[Bart]

BU trustees object to any proposed school name that doesn't include Bloomsburg University in the new name. The name hasn't been revealed, but names thrown out have included The Triad and Northeast University. In 2020 they stipulated before they would participate in the integration process a guardrail the Bloomsburg University must be retained for any integrated entity. "Introducing an unknown and meaningless name into the equation "dilutes our brand' "

BU's enrollment is nearly tree times that of Lock Haven and four times Mansfield's, Chairwoman Bowes reported. It has more than double the alumni of the other two universities and an endowment four times bigger than that of both, at $60 million. (latest report was over 75 million)

Trustee Zeigler said "The idea of a neutral brand to keep everybody happy is really a fool's errand. You've go take the strongest brand out there, the most powerful brand, and you've got to choose it and do all you can with it."

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[boatcapt]

Snow job might be an option.

That would be another way to go!

[iupgroundhog]

Point taken...could have used vail or perhaps aura.

Snow job might be an option.

[boatcapt]

Facade might be a bit harsh. There will be some local advisement. The PASSHE charter says each school's COT must be 12 members - so 4 from each school. That's not exactly good governance to have such little representation.

Point taken...could have used vail or perhaps aura.

[Fightingscot82]

So the facade of independence without actually being independent?

Facade might be a bit harsh. There will be some local advisement. The PASSHE charter says each school's COT must be 12 members - so 4 from each school. That's not exactly good governance to have such little representation.

[boatcapt]

Correct. Same for California in the West. This is because those schools hold the accreditation for the new triads. However, each "other" campus will continue to have a quasi-council of trustees to function in a similar way but without the autonomy of a typical COT.

So the facade of independence without actually being independent?

[Fightingscot82]

Wolf proposes a 15% funding increase for PASSHE plus an extra $200 million for tuition assistance for students to study "high need" areas at PASSHE or state community colleges.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/ed...s/202202080083

[Fightingscot82]

Correct. Same for California in the West. This is because those schools hold the accreditation for the new triads. However, each "other" campus will continue to have a quasi-council of trustees to function in a similar way but without the autonomy of a typical COT.

[Bart]

[iupgroundhog]

Athletic training being eliminated too.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...anos-amid-cuts

I don't think athletic training is being cut. Maybe that area is being changed or streamlined somehow but I don't think it's a casualty.

[Bart]

Athletic training being eliminated too.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...anos-amid-cuts

[iupgroundhog]

Thanks for the pianos. We will send over some books on Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates.

LOL, the wrestling team can pick them up after the dual meet Saturday. It will save money on shipping.

[Bart]

https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local...music-program/

Thanks for the pianos. We will send over some books on Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates.

[Ship69]

Yes. And there will be some schools in PASSHE that do bad, but when the historically strong schools start to lose lots of enrollment too...that could spell PASSHE's demise.

I think PASSHE will stay around in some form, but I'm not sure all the campuses will. Given the falling high school enrollments in Pa., especially in the western part of the state, there probably are too many colleges. The state didn't help things by basically allowing the PSU "branch" campuses to establish themselves as separate four-year entities in competition with the state-owned PASSHE schools.

[iupgroundhog]

I think the value most would name can be achieved without a degree program. However, PASSHE doesn't seem to understand that you can have departments and faculty without degree programs.

Well, this is a Music Education program so it prepares Music teachers. You can't get that without a degree program. This came on my radar because a friend of mine from HS helped start the program and he posted about it on FB.

But it's not just this program it's just an example of many such situations that will arise as they strip the schools (including yours) down to something unrecognizable.