Are Va.'s big colleges driving small ones out of business?

[Anonymous]

Everything is about computer science these days. Smaller schools are not usually known for having computer science departments -- although they have been coming around on that. Usually, the smaller schools have humanities, arts, sciences, business, teaching, maybe nursing.

It's crazy how the percentage of kids planning to major in com sci seems to have over taken all other majors. If the smaller schools want to increase enrollment, they need to find a way to make themselves relevant to the tech/com sci/digital world. Having a great poli sci, history, theater programs isn't going to do it. There is opportunity here for the smaller schools to lean into the digital world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is spot on. Go to SCHEV website and look at enrollment trends. Radford, Umw, Longwood all losing students. Same for several small private schools. Expansion at VT, JMU, etc is hurting smaller schools and tax dollars are facilitating it.

Not true at all. Author (a college sports writer) doesn’t know what he’s talking about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bills have been written but not passed in the GA to cap enrollments. The number of HS students in VA is starting to decline and there will be fewer potential college students -- there is no doubt that expanding enrollment at large state schools is having an adverse impact on smaller schools (both public and private) in VA.

Va is not shrinking yet and it won’t that much compared to most states. In fact the Asian and Latino populations will keep growing. Protect in state access! Also that is terrible to compare the lower oos at uva and William and Mary, etc. to Umich, Alabama, etc. Those states have totally sold out there in state populations, with a huge detrimental effect on equity, esp for lower SES kids. We should keep the existing caps on oos, which is 25 pct for most schools and 33 for uva and wm. (Vt is also 33?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bills have been written but not passed in the GA to cap enrollments. The number of HS students in VA is starting to decline and there will be fewer potential college students -- there is no doubt that expanding enrollment at large state schools is having an adverse impact on smaller schools (both public and private) in VA.

Va is not shrinking yet and it won’t that much compared to most states. In fact the Asian and Latino populations will keep growing. Protect in state access! Also that is terrible to compare the lower oos at uva and William and Mary, etc. to Umich, Alabama, etc. Those states have totally sold out there in state populations, with a huge detrimental effect on equity, esp for lower SES kids. We should keep the existing caps on oos, which is 25 pct for most schools and 33 for uva and wm. (Vt is also 33?)

Why do you think that (allowing so many OOS). genuine question. California cut back to 10% OOS and internationals when the voters got upset and the Regents felt obliged to give Californians more access to Californian schools. Why don't we want to do that here in VA? UVA is already so difficult to get into. It's one of the few high ranking top state schools that still has such a large percentage OOS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are too many mediocre colleges & universities. I’d love to just have a few “mega-schools” with tens of thousands of students, like Canada does.

That's like attending college in an environment similar to a factory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bills have been written but not passed in the GA to cap enrollments. The number of HS students in VA is starting to decline and there will be fewer potential college students -- there is no doubt that expanding enrollment at large state schools is having an adverse impact on smaller schools (both public and private) in VA.

Va is not shrinking yet and it won’t that much compared to most states. In fact the Asian and Latino populations will keep growing. Protect in state access! Also that is terrible to compare the lower oos at uva and William and Mary, etc. to Umich, Alabama, etc. Those states have totally sold out there in state populations, with a huge detrimental effect on equity, esp for lower SES kids. We should keep the existing caps on oos, which is 25 pct for most schools and 33 for uva and wm. (Vt is also 33?)

Why do you think that (allowing so many OOS). genuine question. California cut back to 10% OOS and internationals when the voters got upset and the Regents felt obliged to give Californians more access to Californian schools. Why don't we want to do that here in VA? UVA is already so difficult to get into. It's one of the few high ranking top state schools that still has such a large percentage OOS

Virginia barely funds UVA and W&M so reducing the OOS population would hurt them financially (significantly less full pay students)