Declining enrollments, demographic shifts and financial pressures will require Penn State to close some of its 19 branch campuses, the school’s president Neeli Bendapudi said Tuesday. In a message posted to Penn State’s website,

It has become clear that we cannot sustain a viable Commonwealth Campus ecosystem without closing some campuses,” Neeli Bendapudi said in a statement to the campus community Tuesday.

Penn State's president Neeli Bendapudi said the closures come as the university faces financial pressure and declining enrollment.