Penn State faculty fear the school will close campuses across the state

[voltz99]

I have heard that applications are up for PSU this year and no doubt they playoff run helped - a friend works at Villanove in admissions and said after they won the tourney a few years ago applications doubled.

It is up at a lot of schools. It's an anomaly. Rutgers is up 90%

It is a covid bump. After covid a lot of kids tooka year or two off.

Long term educators expect the enrollment to drop. It is just demographics.

 

[LandoComando]

Do we need main campus?

Probably not but it makes sense to have in person as an option somewhere so main campus makes sense.

 

[Frabjous]

Slightly off topic, but here goes: when our daughter was looking at colleges, someone suggested Notre Dame. My wife, who dated a Domer before we met, said, ‘Why do we want to pay $200,000 for our daughter to get a drinking problem?’

 

[doctornick]

I have heard that applications are up for PSU this year and no doubt they playoff run helped - a friend works at Villanove in admissions and said after they won the tourney a few years ago applications doubled.

This year also has the greatest number of HS graduates in history. After this year, the number of high school students steadily decreases in upcoming years.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Do we need main campus?

Branches would be far more valuable in an internet learning world. You could study from home or work and go to a nearby branch for an hour of lab work, or half day of research. Meet with proctor or professor.

Branches would be far more valuable.