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9/29/2025

“As a student of a closing campus, why am I paying the same tuition dollars? My professors have to pick up more work to handle the workload for positions that have not been staffed. We no longer have a full-time advisor, athletic director, etc…yet I am expected to pay the same amount of money for fewer resources?”

 

9/26/2025

“Excellent yearly evaluation but worst raise ever, yet at a closing campus we are expected to do more because someone has to pick up the responsibilities for those that leave and do not get replaced. Our students are not receiving the same experience, yet paying for such an experience, because we are overstretched. A 3% raise was expected to try to keep up with the cost of living, but even as we are asked to do more receiving a raise below 3% with excellent ratings doesn’t add up.”

 

9/23/2025

“Why is the College of Nursing allowing incoming first year students the option to complete their degree at a closing campus when other students in other degrees have to relocate or quit school due to personal reasons for not being able to relocate to other campuses?”

 

9/14/2025

“I understand that adjuncts are rarely a priority, but this is also a time when adjuncts have, to my knowledge, not been acknowledged or mentioned as part of any PSU closure plan. Meanwhile, closing campuses might need their adjuncts to make it to the two years before closing. Adjuncts may be independent scholars or key community leaders who benefit from, for example, faculty library privileges. I clearly understand that full time faculty are the priority in this process, and they should be. However, I would challenge the leadership to find a way to recognize, honor, status, etc., adjuncts who have been long-term employees and have contributed to the academic culture and student success of Penn State for many years.”

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“Regarding the Pullo Center at the York campus: I asked someone from the York County Economic Alliance about the regional economic impact of the campus closure, and one of the things they told me was that the Pullo Center brings about $14 million to the local economy.”

 

9/13/2025

“Are local campus faculty and/or staff involved in the discussions with University Park officials and local community members on the future of the campus facility? Who knows the campus better than those who have lived within its borders for numerous years?”

 

9/11/2025

“I was amused to hear the term “Commonwealth Campus (CC) Transformation” – the “HR Transformation” showed that the University uses “transformation” to mean “replace a functioning system with a mediocre one”. Beyond the total lack of transparency, the May announcement destroyed recruiting at every CC campus. York learned of the closure from the Philadelphia Inquirer – and people were left wondering why their campus (in a growing geographical area) was closing as smaller campuses remained. The University needs to commit to meaningful communication and processes. The VSIP process harmed teaching-line faculty – who arguably do most of the service on campuses. One-year staff members were given a year’s salary. Thirty-year teaching-line faculty received … nothing. Teaching-line contracts were moved to one year – including those for promoted faculty (whose appointment lengths were to increase with promotion). The University needs to re-commit to the faculty and staff who do its work. Finally, the University has done a dis-service to its CC students. Campus students have lower family incomes than those at UP. Many hold jobs that make commuting (or room/board) impossible. Campuses carry out the land-grant mission – these closures deny that mission. The University must make a Penn State educational experience possible for these students.”

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“It is really unsettling that a campus as vibrant and successful as Penn State York was selected for closure. This campus is thriving with students eager to learn, faculty who are invested in the campus community and its students, and engaging events and opportunities for the greater York community. I believe this closure to be a short-sighted and devastating decision for the community of York.”

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“The administration has said on multiple occasions that “our people come first” in regards to the campus closures. However, as a faculty member at a closing campus, I can tell you that the lack of support and clear guidance we have been given does not support this statement. There is no plan in place for relocating tenure-line faculty. There is no plan in place for supporting the campuses who are losing critical staff and faculty every week. There is no plan in place to ensure students are given the full PSU experience during these final two years. In fact, the food services at our campus have already been drastically cut for this academic year, critical staff positions have been centralized, and students are having a difficult time getting clear answers and the personal one-on-one mentoring needed in these difficult situations. Some of the hardest working (and award winning) faculty and staff are being held in limbo because the administration feels that they have two-years to figure this out. We have done everything by the book for Penn State and yet we are forced to prove our worth over and over again. There is no transparency.”

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“Each campus has different specialties, and does things to streamline processes differently. We are used to doing more, with less, but many of our processes are still manual. It would be great to have a forum where we could strategize a Best Practices Across the Commonwealth to take advantage of these ideas and implement them in our own environments.”

 

9/10/2025

“I am a 40+ years adjunct instructor. Why has there been no apparent consideration and concern of the campus closings on me?”

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“1. As a tenure line faculty member at a commonwealth campus hired before graduate faculty status was automatically assigned to incoming hired tenure line faculty, we have been short-changed. 2. I serve on committees for graduate students and sign off on student theses at institutions OUTSIDE of Penn State, because at Penn State we have to APPLY for graduate faculty status and go through several rounds of nominations, approvals, signatures, and attach documentation, which is literally bureaucratic red tape, and it is unacceptable. 3. We should be “grandfathered” into graduate faculty status; or faculty reassignment should ensure that there is equity for those who wish to hold graduate faculty status. 4. Penn State is under-utilizing faculty talent, skills, and experiences. 5. I have literally recruited my undergraduate students into graduate programs, but do not get to supervise them or serve on their committees. I have published with undergraduate students at Penn State but cannot publish with graduate students at Penn State because I DO NOT have graduate students to supervise. This is unfair and inequitable for students and for commonwealth campus tenure line faculty. 5. Please make the commonwealth campus experience equitable and beneficial for all and allocate graduate faculty status to all tenure line faculty who wish to supervise and serve as chairs of graduate student committees, especially the ones who joined Penn State before 2023.”

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“What will happen to the Pullo Center and the Ollie programs/office at Penn State York. Both provide programming that is heavily utilized in the York community.”

 

9/9/2025

“Why will staff receive a severance package when a campus closes, but faculty will not?”

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“I am a part-time student in EMET who cannot complete my degree at the campus where I started. The Navigation Coaches told me incorrect information and also informed my classmates with inaccurate information. The navigation coaches told students the EMET degree could be completed at UP, and students could just transfer there. That is not true. The classes I have taken in the EMET program will not count towards any other major, so I just wasted money. UP stopped reaching out to me.”

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“The ongoing uncertainty around campus closures has left many tenure-line faculty members feeling overlooked and unsupported. Before closures were announced, faculty attempted to correct inaccuracies in reports presented to the administration and Board of Trustees, yet those concerns were not acknowledged. Since then, little progress has been made in the process of faculty reassignment. We were told that information would be shared by the start of the fall semester, yet faculty have not even been asked their preferences. Word from the reassignment committee suggests that faculty interests are not being considered at all. This is troubling because the faculty being displaced include individuals who have received the highest teaching honors from Penn State, secured millions of dollars in research funding, and profoundly impacted the lives of countless students. To lose these educators would not only harm faculty careers but also undermine the quality of education and research across the Commonwealth Campuses. The lack of direct engagement from upper administration has compounded these challenges. Faculty are left to question whether delays are intentional, designed to encourage resignations rather than to invest in thoughtful reassignment. If so, what benefit is gained other than less administrative work? Students are noticing this lack of support and transparency, and it is damaging to the trust that should exist within our university community. Penn State has the opportunity to show leadership, uphold its values, and demonstrate respect for faculty and students alike by acting with clarity, fairness, and compassion.”