The state System of Higher Education’s governing board is in support of consolidating several of their schools. In a unanimous vote, the board voted to consolidate six of their 14 schools into two universities. California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, and Edinboro would form one university in western P-A while Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield would become the other. The first cohorts of students at the consolidated universities would be in August 2022.