Delta State $11 Million in the Hole

[Braves'86]

Aren’t you the guy who knew it all when Dickey was going to set the moon?

I have no idea what that sentence even means. Regardless, the only Dickey I liked was Dallas.

[Will Call]

There are six Georgia colleges that offer Web BSIT, the bachelor degree in information technology that can be earned entirely online. West Georgia is not one of them and it rankles me to no end.

Aren’t you the guy who knew it all when Dickey was going to set the moon?

[Braves'86]

There are six Georgia colleges that offer Web BSIT, the bachelor degree in information technology that can be earned entirely online. West Georgia is not one of them and it rankles me to no end.

[BlazerLady]

Online students do not pay activity fees. Many athletic departments depend on these fees to help their budgets.

[CalifOKRA]

I just want to say - four year institutions, especially D2 institutions, have been asleep at the wheel for online curriculum.

"Oh they offer online classes" - that's not what I'm talking about.

Fully online degree programs allow for spreading outside of your geographic footprint, while keeping your on-campus presence. The pushback is always "but it'll ruin on campus"

It reminds me of tech companies so worried about disrupting their main product..... that they never innovate, so they become stagnant.

Adapt. If you build it, they'll come.

Delta offers online degree programs: https://www.deltastate.edu/PDFFiles/...n-Programs.pdf

Bachelor - 3
Master - 13
Educational Specialist - 5
Doctoral - 2

[MeanMachineOffense]

I just want to say - four year institutions, especially D2 institutions, have been asleep at the wheel for online curriculum.

"Oh they offer online classes" - that's not what I'm talking about.

Fully online degree programs allow for spreading outside of your geographic footprint, while keeping your on-campus presence. The pushback is always "but it'll ruin on campus"

It reminds me of tech companies so worried about disrupting their main product..... that they never innovate, so they become stagnant.

Adapt. If you build it, they'll come.

[MeanMachineOffense]

Absolutely terrible idea. One of the main roles of government is to provide for the common good. A business exists solely to make a profit. In fact, if a government is profiting, then they are probably hoarding tax dollars for no good reason.

Companies have the luxury of dumping a line of business because it isn't profitable or choose to streamline their offerings to serve just one sector of the population. Government agencies do not have this option. This is a good thing. Imagine if Apple ran the government. Fire and Police departments would only answer calls to the homes of twenty-something hipsters, we'd have to use iTunes to file our taxes, and all legal disputes would be resolved at the Genius Bar. Try closing a local, little used fire station to save a few bucks. Outraged neighbors of all political stripes would storm the city council in protest.
It would be horrible.

This post is a masterpiece.

[Braves'86]

The small schools are all going to suffer a decline in enrollment from what I have been told. Would not surprise me to see some closures like Alderson B. of the mountain east conference spring up across the country. Community Colleges are going to grow because tuition is cheaper and they train you for a strong job market there in your own community. You don’t have to spend 120,000 and then become a self employed professional. Inflation is really hurting us now and the greed from it is going to make the cost of living even worse. Food prices are going to be the next thing to skyrocket. Our best hope is to elect some people who know how to run a country like a business and stop all these handouts.

Absolutely terrible idea. One of the main roles of government is to provide for the common good. A business exists solely to make a profit. In fact, if a government is profiting, then they are probably hoarding tax dollars for no good reason.

Companies have the luxury of dumping a line of business because it isn't profitable or choose to streamline their offerings to serve just one sector of the population. Government agencies do not have this option. This is a good thing. Imagine if Apple ran the government. Fire and Police departments would only answer calls to the homes of twenty-something hipsters, we'd have to use iTunes to file our taxes, and all legal disputes would be resolved at the Genius Bar. Try closing a local, little used fire station to save a few bucks. Outraged neighbors of all political stripes would storm the city council in protest.
It would be horrible.

[statesmen supporter]

They will do what they have to do! He knows it may be tough but I think he will do what needs to be done and DSU will be ok in the end!! Go Statesmen / Delta State!!

[CalifOKRA]

Acknowledging Challenges, Ennis Addresses Delta State’s Future (18 October 2023)
https://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-...hIyY0RDkmIEZZk

[Bearhof]

The small schools are all going to suffer a decline in enrollment from what I have been told. Would not surprise me to see some closures like Alderson B. of the mountain east conference spring up across the country. Community Colleges are going to grow because tuition is cheaper and they train you for a strong job market there in your own community. You don’t have to spend 120,000 and then become a self employed professional. Inflation is really hurting us now and the greed from it is going to make the cost of living even worse. Food prices are going to be the next thing to skyrocket. Our best hope is to elect some people who know how to run a country like a business and stop all these handouts.

[Shugley]

as the enrollment declines, admission standards get lower, and basically turns into a community college. Probably with mississippi, you already have a lot of 2 years.

Huge number of LARGE community colleges. Many community colleges are larger than our small universities. However DSU has the same admissions standards as the other state public institutions. On paper at least.

[CalifOKRA]

Didn't Delta just build a new locker room for the football team?

It looked more like an update. It’s not a new locker room. Same locker room I used in the mid 2000s.

[WGCBraves92]

Didn't Delta just build a new locker room for the football team?

[CalifOKRA]

I remember one year in my late 40’s I signed up for a 5k. My thoughts going into it was I wanted to be the flagship of my age group and gender. Well I was. Sort of. I came in first place in my gender of male and age group of 45-49. Only problem was is that I was the only one in my age group. After receiving my little trophy I went up to one of the organizers and asked how many did I beat, and the lady said none, you were it. Point is UWA is the flagship Univ of the black belt already and I’d say delta is the flagship U of the delta already, why? Because there are no others, which is actually good on a lot of levels in my opinion. The only bad thing is enrollment because I imagine the delta and black belt have one thing in common: poverty and prob not quality education from grades 8-12.

Delta State does have Mississippi Valley to compete with in the Delta. So, technically, Delta State isn't the only school in the Delta. However, yes, I would say they were already the flagship school of the Delta.

It's definitely a poor goal, if you ask me. The administration should look bigger than the Delta. Especially with the Delta population decreasing. Unfortunately, I think this situation is going to get worse. I really hope I'm wrong.