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Plans to combine six state-owned universities into two new institutions are moving forward. During a special meeting Wednesday morning, the board of governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education voted to approve a pair of proposed integration plans. The vote opened a 60-day public comment period, with a final vote scheduled for July and implementation taking place in 2022. - Advertisement - The plans would see Bloomsburg, Mansfield and Lock Haven universities in northern Pennsylvania merge into one institution and California, Clarion and Edinboro in western Pennsylvania merge...

Staffing cuts as a result of merging six state universities, including California University of Pennsylvania, into two are expected to be “relatively small” and mostly involve management positions, the chancellor of the state System of Higher Education said Wednesday. Chancellor Daniel Greenstein made that clear after the state system held a special meeting to approve the mergers, sending the plan into the public comment phase for 60 days. “Not everyone will be pleased with everything,” Cindy Shapira, chairwoman of the state system board of governors, said while opening th...