State Chancellor Daniel Greenstein speaks in a open Forum at SRU Smith Student Center Theatre in 2018.

California, Clarion and Edinboro universities in Western Pennsylvania will be consolidated into a single university, and Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield universities in the northeast will be consolidated into one as well.

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors voted unanimously to plan to consolidate the six state-owned universities into two at a virtual meeting Wednesday.

Cindy Shapira, board chairwoman, said the motion to move forward means the state system, which includes Slippery Rock University, will begin a multi-year process to plan the consolidation.

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