From Staff Reports
LOCK HAVEN While trustees of Lock Haven University do not have any vote in the proposed integration of LHU, Mansfield and Bloomsburg universities, The Express nonethless recently asked each trustee a set of questions to gauge their thoughts on the ongoing process.
Faced with declining enrollments, stagnant state funds vs. increasing payroll and operating costs, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education set out two years ago to right-size those schools with enrollment under 10,000 by mandating, among other things, a balanced budget.
The result has been and continues to be multiple furloughs of faculty and staff across most of the system.