Select Philadelphia high school students can take bus trips to visit nearby Pennsylvania state universities this fall as part of an experimental program aimed at reducing transportation barriers faced by prospective students.

Starting next week, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's foundation is offering day trips to seven universities located within three hours of Philadelphia. The campus visits are open to 945 students affiliated with three college access organizations — Heights Scholars, the Philadelphia Education Fund and the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable, the PSSHE Foundation said Tuesday.

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Each campus visit will include activities intended to help students prepar

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