State System Board News Today

Kenneth Mash has been re-elected president of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, the 5,000-plus member union for professors and coaches across the State System of Higher Education. The union on Monday announced result of voting by delegates across the state. Mash, a political science professor at

The union that represents both teachers and coaches at the State System of Higher Education announced its membership have ratified their respective fo...

Students attending Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities can now earn tech industry-recognized certificates during their undergraduate studies through a new partnership with Google, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday. The initiative is intended to move students more quickly and less expensively from campuses into good-paying, high-demand jobs. It also would help employers meet

Commonwealth University will be a background name that will let three Pennsylvania schools, including Mansfield, legally become a single entity.

HARRISBURG — Three state-owned universities in Pennsylvania will soon be known as the consolidated Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania after a vote by the State System Board of Governors on Wednesday. The board voted unanimously to make the change involving Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield universities, although those previous names will

Commonwealth University will be a background name that will let three Pennsylvania schools, including Mansfield, legally become a single entity.

Commonwealth University will be a background name that will let three Pennsylvania schools, including Mansfield, legally become a single entity.

Three state-owned universities will be known as the consolidated Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania.

Three state-owned universities in Pennsylvania will soon be known as the consolidated Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania following a vote by the State System Board of Governors on Wednesday.

Those previous names will still be widely used, including for logos and on diplomas.