Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the closure of seven campuses, putting into motion a process affecting thousands of students, 500 employees.

Branch campuses collectively have about 23,000 students, and the seven to be closed are among the smallest in terms of enrollment.

Penn State University's trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments. The ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State University’s trustees voted Thursday night to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments, demographic shifts and financial pressures that ...

Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the closure of seven campuses Thursday, putting into motion a process that will ...

Thursday, in a nearly two-hour conference by the Penn State Board of Trustees, members voted 25 to 8 in favor of closing 7 ...

Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi says a 43 percent decline in enrollment and financial pressure are to blame ...

The overwhelming vote punctuated a two-hour special meeting of the Penn State board conducted online -- not in State College.

Penn State University’s trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments.

Trustees voted to close the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York locations.