- August 11, 2024
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In addition, more than 100 vacant positions were eliminated from future budgets, including two vice president positions.
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The Doctor
13 hours ago
The directional schools are sub-standard these days. Except for a few majors U of I is pretty sub-standard.
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GM
15 hours ago
Why the shocked surprise… enrollment at WIU has been cratering for years. One reason is a declining rural HS student pool (and a declining IL student pool in general) that traditionally fed admissions, another is that WIU is a mediocre school in the middle of nowhere. They’ve also concentrated on “minority outreach”, but that’s not enough to stanch the bloody sucking wound… it’s simply not a competitive option anymore…
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Daskoterzar
20 hours ago
Its a start. Where’s the Cuts at UofI, NIU, etc? They are all bloated with over paid professors with tenor who can’t be touched. These institutions are unsustainable as they are now.
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GM
15 hours ago
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IIRC only U of I and Illinois State are maintaining decent admissions numbers, the rest of the state schools are in admissions freefall. IL population is declining, sure, but also many IL college students are increasingly attending out – of – state schools. Also, IL college towns suck to start with, so… how much enthusiasm can be drummed up for charmless rural dumps like Charleston, Macomb, Carbondale, etc…
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Daskoterzar
4 hours ago
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Agreed. These institutions do not understand supply/demand and right-sizing to meet their revenue limitations. They do not get it. They simply keep going in the same direction and wonder why the numbers don’t work out. Then they all get together and formulate some sort of formula calculation that illustrates why the State and tax payers should give them more money. If you do not have the needed enrollment to cover the costs of delivering all of the existing education options, then you need to get rid of the options that do-not-pay. See…no PhD required.
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Hello, Indiana!
5 hours ago
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Both of those schools are looking at athletic programs ( and the revenue from television and alumni) in general and football in particular to help keep their coffers full. Those without much of an athletic program with a large fan base are pretty much doomed.
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kunta
21 hours ago
I want to see WIU and macomb collapse simultaneously, they are both culpable. It will be delicious .
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Ex Illini
23 hours ago
Time to pay the piper. The free lunch program is over.
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