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ERIC Number: ED299927
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Apr
Pages: 26
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Establishing a Corporate Campus: Penn State Valley.
Cote, Lawrence S.; And Others
A case study reviewing the process of establishing Penn State Great Valley (the first permanent campus facility erected in a corporate park in the United States) is presented. This is a tangible symbol of the degree to which American universities are reaching beyond traditional boundaries to serve adult learners who are place bound and often well into active careers. Information is provided as follows: introduction (case study focus and profile of Penn State Great Valley (formerly King of Prussia Center for Graduate Studies and Continuing Education); strategic planning: genesis of Penn State Great Valley (strategic planning process, external assessment, internal assessment, and strategic planning goals and action plan); establishing a permanent location (authorization to proceed, ad hoc planning stage, and fiscal analysis and debt service); operating budget model; and facility siting and design. The developer-university partnership is discussed, noting that the concept for Penn State Great Valley was the result of a detailed strategic planning process which conceived the new facility as a strategic opportunity for Penn State in Pennsylvania's major metropolitan area. Penn State Great Valley is a timely response to a unique set of environmental conditions. It appears that developer-university partnerships forged to create unique adult learning campuses established as part of business settings may offer useful options for responding to these requests for expanded services. Two attachments are: (1) scatterplot of fall, 1984 credit student enrollment displayed by residential address, and (2) scatterplot of fall, 1984 credit enrollment displayed by employer address. (SM)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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