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[complaint_hopeful]

That's where a lot of the online mega schools dominate. They make it easy to become a student. Simplified processes. Consistent processes.

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Agreed on the reserves. The Chancellor has said that numerous times. Essentially the reserves go into 1 bank account so they're shared. I see no way Lock...

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See that makes sense, but doesn't appear to be what's happening with the Triads. But, I like your idea alot. Copy the successful schools processes and...

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Exactly how I understand it too....

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It's precisely the reason they did the Triads. They knew that Mansfield and a few other schools were going to start to fail financially.

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That's where the Integration comes in. It's 1 budget for 3 schools. That should enable them to offer a variety of classes...

Of course, until...

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Interesting points. I think we won't know until the presentation to the board just how much of this is the Chancellors/Consultants plan vs how much is...

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From the current Appropriations request linked to in previous post:

At this funding level, Pennsylvania ranks 48
th of 50 states in...

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Here's the newest PASSHE Appropriations request. In it, they have this:

Economic impact
According to a study conducted by Baker Tilly...

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Sure. Here's a reference. It's out there a bunch:

Enrollment across PASSHE’s 14 universities declined 20 percent over the past decade,...

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I think the new brand is the biggest dooming factor. Consumers want to buy products they know from companies they trust. The whole disband passhe thing...

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It's hard to say. I think the Triads want to get their price down too. Until the details are presented, it's so hard to say....

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Agree on hard truths but I think it's job loss. People working really hard on this will be gone. The budget distribution of 1 budget will hurt too...atleast...

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Indeed. They do seem to be fighting cuts. This whole process is interesting. There does seem to be opposition to the Integrations...but, it's really hard...

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To me, that's where this discussion starts and ends. IF the state kept increasing the allocations equivalent to inflation...PASSHE would be thriving....

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This has a lot of info on roi.

https://www.passhe.edu › docPDF
2020-2021 APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST - Pennsylvania State ...

[complaint_hopeful]

Yep. 10 years ago, the thought process of most schools was to beautify campuses with amenities for kids.

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That's my take. He was just trying to say that if we don't change the path we're on...it's going to fail and we'll need to disband. More context is he...

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I've been saying that too..the real issue is the state funding.

But yeah...if the Integrations don't happen...schools will likely start to...

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Semantics

I mean the big details like the triads and that stuff are his. The Integrations wouldn't be happening without him. He also talked...