Among the most hotly debated issues in the Board of Trustees over the last few meetings has been governance structure and potential changes in the makeup of the 30-member board. That much remained true today during a 90 minute Governance and Long-Range Planning meeting, in which a number of university stakeholders lobbied for a seat at the table, and governance consultant Holly Gregory led a discussion to help find some consensus going forward.
The Board of Trustees' Governance and Long Range Committee was at odds over the merits of granting emeritus status to trustees whose tenures on the board recently finished during its meeting today.
The Penn State Board of Trustees finance committee recommended the full board approve $2 million in renovations to the Lasch Football Building and $5.6 million in upgrades to University Park Airport today.
A Board of Trustees committee unanimously approved a 2.99 percent tuition increase for in-state University Park students at its Penn State Schuylkill meeting today.
A "Friend of Penn State" is now suing, well, Penn State.
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