(12-10-2022 11:30 PM)NIU84 Wrote:  I think the university management (NIU and others) are thinking of how best to cope with a pretty quick decline in students (starting 2025 is what I read). Demographic studies show it. I know we’re thinking of how to improve football $s, but I’m catching these articles saying things like this quote below. It won’t be hard for anyone to find similar supporting articles.

NIU has 11.5K undergrads now…how are going to fund new things with under 10K? What will that look like? Hell…we might not need an athletic director.


“..overall demographic decline, demand for national four-year universities on the West Coast will increase by more than 7.5 percent between now and the mid-2030s. But in states like New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Louisiana, it will decline by 15 percent or more.”

I did talk to several members of the admin this year. This is very much what they are thinking about. The outlook is very very grim.