Penn State expanded its branch campuses decades ago. Now, some say
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Pennsylvania State University shook the state’s already crowded higher-education marketplace in the late 1990s when it added bachelor’s degree programs to its branch campuses, effectively turning what were for many stops on the way to State College into four-year universities. One higher-education official, in an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education at the time, […]
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