PASSHE Institutions Merging

[complaint_hopeful]

Governor Wolf indicates his intention for $200 million for PASSHE over the next 4 years.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom...state-history/

[complaint_hopeful]

Cal U Board of Trustees calls for delay in merger vote

https://monvalleyindependent.com/202...n-merger-vote/

[complaint_hopeful]

NCAA still waiting for information to make a decision.
https://liber.post-gazette.com/news/...s/202106250142


https://www.penncapital-star.com/com...her-mcclellan/

'The latest indication that state officials will affirm the process comes from a report that budget negotiators in Harrisburg want to allocate $50 million of the expected budget surplus toward implementation of the plan, which may be up and running by fall 2022.'

[Bart]

NCAA still waiting for information to make a decision.
https://liber.post-gazette.com/news/...s/202106250142


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https://www.penncapital-star.com/com...her-mcclellan/

[Bart]

I bet they'll be required for indoor common spaces similar to what we had until this month. But enforcement is something I don't get. If campus being public land means state law leads policy (for example you can carry outdoors on PASSHE campuses) then I don't see how they can enforce or even enact this policy. I think its 100% reasonable to require students living in the dorms to have the vaccine or complete a waiver just like they do for meningitis. College students live, learn, and socialize in groups and this is a communicable virus.

However, this article's author does have a reputation for unintentionally making a mountain out of a molehill. He's the only full-time higher ed beat reporter on this side of the state. His daughter attends Edinboro. He sometimes has to go finding stories to write and PASSHE can't block him from getting info (the unions blab & 99% of operations are subject to FOIA). Its possible that someone at IUP tipped him off to this issue (when probed IUP says nothing is final) and he ran with it.

As of June 28, 2021, the Department of Health requiring unvaccinated individuals to wear masks indoors will be lifted. Also employees and visitors to commonweatlh worksites will not be required to wear masks. It would ridiculous to have students wearing masks, while professors do not.

[IUPNation]

The view from Lock Haven. Susan Snyder of The Inquirer has a good grip on the whole thing. Note the professor (Cloud) picked up on my realization that virtually everything can be done that is planned without merging/consolidating. That is absolutely true (possibly he didn't get the idea from this board - lol).

However, it is true and that notion gives credence to the idea that the real goal is to force the "slow death" of the schools.

https://www.inquirer.com/education/l...-20210623.html

[IUPNation]

...says the unions. If that were the case, let's invest $100B into PASSHE and make the entire commonwealth rich!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The view from Lock Haven. Susan Snyder of The Inquirer has a good grip on the whole thing. Note the professor (Cloud) picked up on my realization that virtually everything can be done that is planned without merging/consolidating. That is absolutely true (possibly he didn't get the idea from this board - lol).

However, it is true and that notion gives credence to the idea that the real goal is to force the "slow death" of the schools.

https://www.inquirer.com/education/l...-20210623.html

No doubt at all.

This phase is simply the "well, we tried it and explored all options" b.s. phase.

A few years from now we'll be talking about which are getting closed.

The triads are a joke -- and will be viewed as much by prospective (and current) students.

[iupgroundhog]

The view from Lock Haven. Susan Snyder of The Inquirer has a good grip on the whole thing. Note the professor (Cloud) picked up on my realization that virtually everything can be done that is planned without merging/consolidating. That is absolutely true (possibly he didn't get the idea from this board - lol).

However, it is true and that notion gives credence to the idea that the real goal is to force the "slow death" of the schools.

https://www.inquirer.com/education/l...-20210623.html

[Fightingscot82]

...says the unions. If that were the case, let's invest $100B into PASSHE and make the entire commonwealth rich!

The report came from PASSHE itself. https://www.sru.edu/news/041715a

[Horror Child]

If the 14 PASSHE universities weren't *owned* by the state I might agree with you. Funding should always prioritize what is best for you. There's an 11-to-1 ROI on PASSHE plus 90% of their students are in-state and are most likely to stay in state after graduation. Lastly and maybe most importantly, PASSHE outperforms all others on socio-economic mobility after graduation.

...says the unions. If that were the case, let's invest $100B into PASSHE and make the entire commonwealth rich!

[Fightingscot82]

I would counter that state money should favor state citizens...After all, they (or their parents) are the ones who pay the $'s in through their taxes. PASSHE has the opportunity to compete for these state $. While their tuitions have gone up, I still believe they are the lowest in the state which should given them an advantage in competing for the recipients of these $'s.

If the 14 PASSHE universities weren't *owned* by the state I might agree with you. Funding should always prioritize what is best for you. There's an 11-to-1 ROI on PASSHE plus 90% of their students are in-state and are most likely to stay in state after graduation. Lastly and maybe most importantly, PASSHE outperforms all others on socio-economic mobility after graduation.

[boatcapt]

State money should favor state agencies.

I would counter that state money should favor state citizens...After all, they (or their parents) are the ones who pay the $'s in through their taxes. PASSHE has the opportunity to compete for these state $. While their tuitions have gone up, I still believe they are the lowest in the state which should given them an advantage in competing for the recipients of these $'s.

[Fightingscot82]

Shouldn't the funding be "slanted" to Jonathan and Suzie receiving the education he/she wants at the school they want to attend? PASSHE has an equal opportunity to compete for students receiving these dollars. Don't know were that would be, but it would be interesting to see what % of the PHEAA go to PASSHE schools.

State money should favor state agencies.

[boatcapt]

Yes but PHEAA is also available to any PA college student so while Jonathan uses his grant to attend Shippensburg, Suzie down the street uses her grant at Messiah. The agency also doesn't give preference to PASSHE. The available funding should be slanted to encourage PASSHE attendance then state-funded then private.

Shouldn't the funding be "slanted" to Jonathan and Suzie receiving the education he/she wants at the school they want to attend? PASSHE has an equal opportunity to compete for students receiving these dollars. Don't know were that would be, but it would be interesting to see what % of the PHEAA go to PASSHE schools.