Private Colleges Fear More Competition From Penn State

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By JEFFREY SELINGO

For months, private colleges in Pennsylvania have buzzed with the rumor that Pennsylvania State University is about to take over Albright College, a struggling liberal-arts college near Reading.

Both institutions acknowledge that they are discussing a partnership of some sort, but insist that there will be no takeover.

The rumor, however, will not die. It makes perfect sense to private-college officials after a year in which they have watched Penn State buy the Dickinson