Should Penn State trustees discuss potential campus closures in public?

Should Penn State trustees discuss potential campus closures in public?

Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of private meetings to discuss potential campus closures — including one who said the practice could run afoul of Pennsylvania’s open meetings law. On Tuesday, Spotlight PA reported on internal university records about the campus closure proposal provided to trustees for review. Following publication of the story, Penn State shared the closure recommendation on its webs…

Expert: Penn State trustees’ talks on campus closures should have been public

SCRANTON — Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of private meetings to discuss potential campus closures — including one who said the practice could run afoul of Pennsylvania’s open meetings law.

Penn State Trustees’ Private Talks on Campus Closures Are ‘Exact Type’ of Discussions That Should Happen in Public, Expert Says

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a weekly newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of private meet…