Proposed Pennsylvania Consortium Off to Rocky Start

A proposed Pennsylvania consortium appears to be in question even before a study on the idea has been completed. Last month local NPR station WESA reported that five private colleges in the Keystone State are participating in a study on forming a nonprofit consortium to share certain administrative services; another 12 institutions reportedly expressed interest in a collaborative arrangement. Consultants with the Hill Group, which is leading the study on the potential consortium, confirmed to Inside Higher Ed that 17 institutions had expressed interest but declined to name them all.