Colorado's governor wants colleges to hold tuition below inflation. His budget doesn’t provide money to do so. (coloradosun.com)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You might look at part of the breakdown in that article. They have a graph showing where different types of schools get their funding from.

The one that strikes me is Community Colleges. Funding is about half tuition, half government. There are effectively no out of state students to fleece. Community College is typically bare bones: no sports programs, no dorms, no student enrichment, not much to cut.

Given inflation, Community Colleges need to increase instructor pay by a higher percentage than their increase in funding. Where do you propose they make up the difference?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Source? It says nothing about the impact of educator pay increases impacting community colleges more.

They can cut low enrollment programs and focus on apprenticeship, job skills, and transfer programs.

Additionally, the article states a ~2% increase with expenses projected to rise by ~3%. It can't be that hard to find 1% of the budget to cut.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I don't think it's a great idea to cut programs, but halting new enrollment and transfers might be ok. I don't like the idea of leaving the students hanging by canceling their programs mid degree

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If you're in a program that is getting cut, let's face it, it's probably not something thar was going to result in a fruitful career anyway.

Take MSU Denver as an example, it's not necessary to have a major in Chicano or Africana studies, they could just get a history or anthropology degree instead. Why be so specific at the Bachelor's level when you're only career outcome is to keep studying until you get a PhD and then go on to teach in that subject?

Also, I highly doubt anyone on Broadway has an MSU Denver BFA in Theatre...just to name a few.

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