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The challenges faced by higher education are only expected to grow larger in coming years. The new State Board of Higher Education must prepare a plan by September.
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The school in Lackawanna and Wyoming counties can remain open and recruit students again.
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More than 2,300 students attend one of four Northeast Pennsylvania campuses of Penn State University. After the 2026-27 academic year, some of those campuses may close.
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A university closed. Teachers learned a new language. A school district expanded to meet growing enrollment. In Northeast and Central Pennsylvania, education included both addition and subtraction in 2024.
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A final decision on accreditation is expected in March or April. Without accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Keystone would close.
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Despite the challenges faced by higher education, Bucknell University, Johnson College and Lackawanna College have more students than ever before.
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The merger with Philadelphia-based Peirce College, a provider of adult online education, will make the school the largest private, nonprofit open enrollment college in the state, according to college leaders.