Is this about that whole Southwest Missouri/Missouri State thing?
All the state schools in PA are [Town Name Where the School Is] University of PA...they started out as [Town Name] Normal School, to [Town Name] State Teachers College, to [Town Name] State College and now University.
A couple years ago, the president of California U of PA wanted to change their name to Eberly University (after a prominent donor) because he thought people got confused as to where the school was and it was "hurting their enrollment." Considering Indiana U of PA is the biggest school in the system, that was a really dumb argument.
He also talked about other names which would have made it, IMO, EVEN HARDER for people to understand where the school is.
http://www.postgazette.com/regionsta...erlyreg4p4.asp
Indiana U of PA mostly goes by IUP. I think they have it on their official stationary and such, rather than spelling it out. That's about as much of a "difference" as people are willing to put up with.
I can't see ANY of the state schools changing their name unless they completely leave the state system.