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July 12, 2005
Crookston campus
U will keep outstate campus
July 8, 2005 Star Tribune
This article talks about the a chance for the Crookston campus to close. President Robert Brunicks has stated that he will keep the campus open. Reasons for keeping this campus open is because of "heavy investment the university has made in the campus, historic duty to serve the entire stated, and because of it's important agricultural research station." He stated that they will have to "strengthen our presence."
Reasons for perhaps closing the campus are: smallest campus in the unviersity system, only 1,200 full time students, in the past 4 years the applications to attend this school have dropped by 30%, they have more part time students, on average only 37% of students get a degree in six years.
I decided on this article because I never realized this campus was so small. I also did not know that were talks about closing this university down. I just thought it was a very interesting article. I do not know how I feel about keeping it open or closing it because I still do not know enough about this topic to make an accurate decision. What are your thoughts??
Comments
I think it's a good idea to keep the campus open not only for its heavy investment but also for those 37% of the students who're attenting the University. We should all remember that educating 37% of the student populations will be a great investment for mankind and the rest of world will some days benefit.
Posted by: Bill at July 16, 2005 9:33 AM