Inside the Numbers of One State’s Plan to Consolidate Its Public System of Higher Ed June 29, 2021 About a year ago, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, or Passhe, took the first step toward merging six of the 14 universities in a system that has weathered enrollment declines and financial pressures for a decade. And as early as next month, the system’s Board of Governors could take a final vote on plans to make those six universities into two. California, Clarion, and Edinboro Universities would become one institution in western Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield Universities would become one institution in the state’s northeast.