State report says 7 Virginia universities should be monitored as enrollment cliff approaches

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Anonymous wrote:The General Assembly has been quite vocal that they think that the big schools have “ganged up” on the smaller state schools. It’s going to be even harder for the big schools to get funding. Which creates a spiral effect.

Doesn't help the smaller schools are pushing that narrative too - I remember the Longwood president was calling for UVA and W&M to take less in-state students so students might going to Longwood again.

Kids who were competitive for UVA and W&M aren't going to go to Longwood.

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Anonymous wrote:The General Assembly has been quite vocal that they think that the big schools have “ganged up” on the smaller state schools. It’s going to be even harder for the big schools to get funding. Which creates a spiral effect.

Doesn't help the smaller schools are pushing that narrative too - I remember the Longwood president was calling for UVA and W&M to take less in-state students so students might going to Longwood again.

Kids who were competitive for UVA and W&M aren't going to go to Longwood.

Agreed but the Longwood president seems to think otherwise

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Anonymous wrote:Whats the wnrollment cliff

The upcoming "enrollment cliff" refers to a projected significant decline in the number of college-age US students, beginning around 2025 and continuing into the 2030s. This drop is largely attributed to the falling birth rates that occurred during the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, leading to fewer high school graduates.

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How much has Liberty taken away from enrollment at these smaller schools?

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Anonymous wrote:How much has Liberty taken away from enrollment at these smaller schools?

From what I can tell, Liberty is mostly online. There aren't a lot of residential undergrads and only a few thousand are from Virginia. Therefore it seems unlikely Liberty is taking a lot of students from other schools. Not to mention, Liberty students are seeking that particular environment rather than the very different environment of other schools...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The General Assembly has been quite vocal that they think that the big schools have “ganged up” on the smaller state schools. It’s going to be even harder for the big schools to get funding. Which creates a spiral effect.

Doesn't help the smaller schools are pushing that narrative too - I remember the Longwood president was calling for UVA and W&M to take less in-state students so students might going to Longwood again.

Kids who were competitive for UVA and W&M aren't going to go to Longwood.

Agreed but the Longwood president seems to think otherwise

He went to Princeton, someone needs to ask him if he would be willing to send his own kids to longwood

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Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised to see CNU there.

I’m surprised to see Mary Wash and Radford. They are both have attractive campuses in idyllic settings.

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This is not a sad development. I mean, what do Americans expect? There are way too many colleges in the US that aren't doing well, and were never good in the first place. Surely you don't want your kid going there. If you have a student who can't get into a decent college, you need to have them attend community college, then transfer to a better university.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The General Assembly has been quite vocal that they think that the big schools have “ganged up” on the smaller state schools. It’s going to be even harder for the big schools to get funding. Which creates a spiral effect.

Doesn't help the smaller schools are pushing that narrative too - I remember the Longwood president was calling for UVA and W&M to take less in-state students so students might going to Longwood again.

Kids who were competitive for UVA and W&M aren't going to go to Longwood.

Agreed but the Longwood president seems to think otherwise

When I was watching the floor debate where these grievances were being aired, the accusation was UVA pulls more from CWM which pulls from Tech which pulls from JMU which pulls from UMW and CNU which pulls from Longwood and Radford.

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I'm surprised that Longwood, Radford and MWU are on the list; they are all decent safety schools. Really surprised VMI isn't on the list!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that Longwood, Radford and MWU are on the list; they are all decent safety schools. Really surprised VMI isn't on the list!

VMI is on the wider list and probably should be on the short list too. Their enrollment was down 9%. Maybe there's a floor for a school like that? MWU is only attractive with heavy discounting and that discounting is costing them money overall. Reading the story, it seems like leaning into nursing will save Radford (their numbers were actually way up this year)

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Anonymous wrote:VMI losing enrollment. Fewer kids want to go to school in the prison barracks and be yelled at as they do pushups, lol.

Yes, they should go somewhere else, be coddled, and do next to no work.

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Anonymous wrote:VMI losing enrollment. Fewer kids want to go to school in the prison barracks and be yelled at as they do pushups, lol.

Yes, they should go somewhere else, be coddled, and do next to no work.

Because the choice is boot camp or coddling? Interesting view you have of every other college in the country.

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If you read the report, the reason UMW is on the list is mainly due to higher debt from poor investment decisions by its board.

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Anonymous wrote:Taxes will need to be raised to support these institutions. Underfunding HBCU’s has very questionable undertones.

Seriously.