From DSC:
First of all, here is a mere handful of the items that I could have selected — but it is representative of the financial pressures taking place and the resulting changes that are and may be occurring to many more universities and colleges this year:
UMaine could eliminate 16 majors as part of cuts
Board of Trustees will have final say
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine could eliminate a number of undergraduate and graduate majors as a way to trim more than $12 million in a three-year period.
Auxiliary programs face large cuts [University of Georgia] — from redandblack.com
California college crisis causing students to apply out of state — California College News Blog
Montgomery College [Maryland] faces ‘devastating’ cuts — from WashingtonPost.com
College cuts draw protests [California] — from the spokeman.com
Michigan college tuition could rise under possible budget cut — from lsj.com
From DSC:
So…what do you suppose will happen if resources/funding continue to shrink, programs are cut, staff and faculty are laid off, etc.?
Some very possible resulting directions here are that students will:
- Go to where they can finish their degrees
- Go to where they can find the degrees that they want to pursue
- Search for — and utilize — less expensive alternatives.
In each of these cases, the word “online” jumps to my mind.