Re: 2018 Enrollment Numbers
Originally Posted by
AKBison
Not sure it's fair to pin this all on DB. _ND had to take 5 of it's 14 dorms offline for this school year and their freshman class numbers are down again. It's a systemic problem among higher education. The juice just isn't worth the squeeze right now. As a resident of North Dakota I wish we would two things. The first is to use some of that oil money to permanantly endow partial scholarships for all high school graduates so that the cost to attend college is more affordable. The second would be to prioritize NDSCS and it's programs by creating a new and completely seperate Tech system that includes Williston, Bottineau, and DL. In fact, rename NDSCS as North Dakota Tech and the rest as Williston Tech etc. It's the future and frankly the best choice for a huge chunk of students who want to specialize in a trade or something tech related. It makes a lot more sense to do that and get a job right away that pays 45-60k then getting a history degree at NDSU and working at Starbucks for 12.50 while you figure things out.
Like some of your ideas, not all.
We don't need 6 different tech institutions with separate administration. We need one with multiple campuses.
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