Integration Planning
Overview
Prior to merging in January of 2024, PA College and Saint Joseph’s will engage in robust integration planning for the next year. More information about these activities can be found here.
Integration Structure
Integration Timeline
Late Winter
- Integration planning framework implemented
- Middle States Complex Change Form Work Begins
- Workgroups Begin
- Academic Structure
- Workforce Planning
- Teach Out Plans
Spring
Early Decisions Delivered
- Academic structure
- Workforce planning (0-90 Days)
- Teach out plans
Summer
- Additional Workgroups Begin
- Middle States Complex Change Form Submitted
- Specialty Accreditation Processes
Fall
- Regulatory filings
- Functional and systems integration
January 2024
Merger Closes
Guiding Principles
- Remain true to student-centered core, providing value, access and affordability for our students today, and those far into the future.
- Commit to being resource smart: value guided, revenue focused and responsible stewardship.
- Embrace the opportunity to develop best in class solutions. It’s not an either/or and the status quo is never our starting point.
- Maintain “We’ve got this” outlook.
- Balance listening with action.
- Focus on merger-essential initiatives.
- Organizational Stewardship: Create an organizationally sustainable model for the future which will result in a stronger Saint Joseph’s University. Key tenets include: access and affordability for students; revenue growth and cost management accountability; and intergenerational equity.