birth rates – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com A conservative newspaper about Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Fri, 16 May 2025 12:53:34 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-lancaster-logo-quill-only-website-thumbnail-red-32x32.png birth rates – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com 32 32 Lower Birth Rates, Declining Enrollment Prompt Penn State to Recommend Closure of Seven Branch Campuses https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/lower-birth-rates-declining-enrollment-prompt-penn-state-to-recommend-closure-of-seven-branch-campuses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lower-birth-rates-declining-enrollment-prompt-penn-state-to-recommend-closure-of-seven-branch-campuses https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/lower-birth-rates-declining-enrollment-prompt-penn-state-to-recommend-closure-of-seven-branch-campuses/#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 12:50:24 +0000 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/?p=7375 Penn State University leadership has pointed to declining birth rates and a looming “demographic cliff” in Pennsylvania as significant factors contributing to their recommendation to close seven of its branch campuses. The proposal, made public this week, outlines the potential closure of the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York campuses following the spring…

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