Warren County School District Schools are no longer the only schools to endure a strike this month.

Fourteen Pennsylvania universities are officially under strike as of Wednesday morning, according to a press release from the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF).

The press release states:

“APSCUF members are heading to the picket lines after negotiators waited through the night for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education to return to the bargaining table…Until the State System negotiates a contract APSCUF believes is fair to students and to faculty, faculty members will be on strike, starting 5 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. The strike will end when negotiators reach a contract.”

APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash says negotiations for a new contract went on until the last minute on Tuesday night.

“At 11:35 p.m., we made a last attempt to negotiate through back channels,” Mash said in a statement. “We waited until 5 a.m. We are headed to the picket lines, but even on the picket lines, our phones will be on, should the State System decide it doesn’t want to abandon its students. They’ll know where to find me at 5:30 a.m. I’ll be outside the chancellor’s office at the Dixon Center (in Harrisburg) on the picket line.”

Gov. Tom Wolf released a statement saying he is “extremely disappointed” that the two sides failed to reach a deal.

“The shortsightedness on both sides is counter to my efforts on behalf of the system and hurts the dedicated professors and university staff, and students and their families who are paying tuition to these universities,” Wolf said.

House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed (R-Indiana County) also released a statement on the strike.

“It is disappointing that the State System of Higher Education and the faculty union have been unable or unwilling to reach agreement on a contract,” Reed said. “The strike which has been called will harm students whom both sides claim to care about. Students and their families have made incredible investments, yet have classes without professors. The state system, the faculty, and the students will feel the effects of this trike, quite possibly for years to come if students transfer to other schools…Until an agreement is reached, I have requested and would expect both parties to immediately return to the table and continue negotiating to end this harmful strike.”

The last contract expired on June 30, 2015, and negotiations have been ongoing since late 2014. This is the first strike in the system’s 34-year history.

APSCUF represents about 5,500 faculty and coaches at the State System universities: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania.

It’s not clear how many of the faculty members at those universities will participate in the strike. By law, professors and coaches have the right to remain in their classrooms or offices. Because of this, students have been asked to report to class so a head count can be taken.

If a professor participates in the strike, officials from the universities may decide to bring in another qualified individual to teach the course during the strike. However, grades for the class could still be delayed.

Whether students have to make up classes for the days missed during the strike will be determined at the end of the strike, according to the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education,

Over 100,000 total students will be affected by this strike, including hundreds from Warren County. According to enrollment stats provided by the universities, Edinboro University has 58 undergraduate students from Warren County, while Clarion has 38 and Slippery Rock has 36.