According to Pennsylvania’s Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Butler County industries such as engineering, natural gas, elderly care and other residential care facilities are in declin.
Butler County Community College and Penn State Shenango are considering sharing a campus as the state wrestles with demographic shifts and declining enrollment. Leaders of Butler County Community College and Pennsylvania State University at Shenango are considering moving one of the community college’s campuses to the university as a cost-saving measure after steep enrollment declines at both institutions.