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The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Among public institutions, the Commonwealth System of Higher Education includes semi-public state-related colleges and universities.
In early 1990, the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System committed to providing $5 million of the goal of Frederic J. Beste III, the president and chief executive officer of NEPA Management Corp., to raise $15 to $20 million in economic development investment funds for businesses in the northeastern Pennsylvania region. [9]
University Canada West (UCW) is a private, for-profit [4] university in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 2005 by David F. Strong, the former president of the University of Victoria . UCW was purchased in 2008 by the Eminata Group and in 2014 sold to Global University Systems , its present owners.
The Commonwealth System of Higher Education is a statutory designation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that confers "state-related" status on four universities in Pennsylvania: Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is an American state agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that oversees 10 state-owned universities. Collectively, it is the largest provider of higher education in the commonwealth .
The Pennsylvania State University is a geographically dispersed university with campuses located throughout Pennsylvania.While the administrative hub of the university is located at its flagship campus in Penn State University Park, the 19 additional commonwealth campuses together enroll 37 percent of Penn State's undergraduate student population.
In October 2016, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties went on strike for the first time when negotiations between union and state representatives fell through. Thousands of university faculty members in Pennsylvania participated in the strike, [ 1 ] which lasted Oct. 19–21.
On 1 July 1983, the school joined the newly formed State System of Higher Education, gained university status and became California University of Pennsylvania. [3] Clarion University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1867 in northwestern Pennsylvania to serve the needs of that rural part of the state. It started as a Seminary and became a 'Normal ...