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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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

Agreed but the Longwood president seems to think otherwise [/quote]

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. [/quote]

UVA and W&M have grown 15% and 13% respectively over the past 10 years.  VT, GMU, and JMU have grown 22%, 21%, and 20% respectively and they are larger or much larger than even UVA in terms of undergraduate enrollment (and much, much larger than W&M).  The issue for schools like Radford, Longwood, MW, and CNU is being caused by growth at those 3 schools.  I wouldn't be surprised if their growth over the past 10 years exceeds the total enrollment at Radford, Longwood, CNU, and MW.[/quote]

If kids prefer GMU and JMU, maybe the answer is to grow the better schools and close the failing schools [/quote]

Mergers are the more likely scenario. Longwood is actually a very charming campus and their enrollment would almost certainly increase if branded UVa’s Longwood campus. [/quote]

Or more likely the small schools all rebrand like Cal State and the Penn State Satellites. Make VSU the flagship and pub money into that than then you have VSU-Radford; VSU FarmVille; VSU Fredericksburg; VSU Newport News etc. [/quote]

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