SCRANTON TIMES-HERALD / AP: A new legislative proposal outlined Wednesday would shrink Penn State’s board from 30 to 23 voting members, a change designed to make the board work more efficiently and create a more inclusive system of doing business.
The sponsor, Sen. John Yudichak, said trustees would also be more accountable to the public if the board was reduced to eight elected alumni, five gubernatorial appointees, five elected by the agricultural community and five people from business and industry selected by the trustees…
Among the changes it has already adopted are removing the university president and state governor as voting trustees, establishing term limits for all trustees, posting meeting information five days ahead of time, adding public comment periods and requiring half the trustees — up from 13 — to be in attendance in order for a meeting to be held… (more)
