Penn State President Eric Barron meets with the PennLive/Patriot-News editorial board, March 20, 2019.
Dan Gleiter / PennLive
Penn State steps up recruitment amid tough enrollment trends
President Eric Barron says almost every county has a decline in the number of high school graduates.
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The Associated Press
Dan Gleiter / PennLive
Penn State President Eric Barron meets with the PennLive/Patriot-News editorial board, March 20, 2019.
(Harrisburg) — Penn State’s president says he is working to counter difficult national and state enrollment trends that could even put pressure on a financially healthy school like Penn State.
President Eric Barron says almost every county in Pennsylvania has a decline in the number of high school graduates and that those graduates are less likely to go to college.
To fight those trends, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Barron has told trustees the university has created a task force to focus on recruiting international students, including from areas such as South America and Africa.
Penn State also is sending admission staff to recruit in growing areas domestically, including California, Florida and Texas.
Barron says, however, the university will keep its commitment to a majority enrollment of Pennsylvanians.
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