As Evergreen State College enrollment shrinks, so does the faculty

Herald Net ^ | 12/10/2019 | Abby Spegman

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OLYMPIA — Freshman Wasmine Ghosheh said she noticed it in the dorms.

When the 19-year-old from Sonoma County, California, arrived at The Evergreen State College in September, she met students who were supposed to have roommates but ended up with their own rooms.

“There’s a lot of space — it’s spacious, let’s say,” Ghosheh said the Friday before Thanksgiving break in a nearly empty cafeteria on campus.

Evergreen’s enrollment this fall was 2,854 students, down more than 40% from its peak head count a decade ago. The decline, corresponding with an economic recovery and mirroring a trend in liberal arts enrollment nationally, was compounded by campus unrest two and a half years ago that made national headlines.

Since then, the college has tried new ways to attract and retain students and shore up its profile. Officials say they are seeing early signs of progress, but President George Bridges told trustees at a November board meeting the college this year will need a “laser focus” in these areas.

Put plainly, students mean tuition, and less tuition means budget cuts. The college’s net annual revenue has been in the red for five years, according to a June financial overview to trustees. In 2018-19, Evergreen looked to cut 10% from its operating budget. For this year, it cut another 5%.

The college plans its course offerings with a 22-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio, so as student numbers have fallen, so too have faculty numbers, said David McAvity, Evergreen’s dean for academic budgets. In just two years, the college has cut the equivalent of 34 full-time faculty positions, a 20% decrease.

Last school year, the college started offering retirement incentives to some tenured faculty. (Evergreen doesn’t use the term “tenured,” however, instead referring to them as faculty with a continuing contract.)

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Evergreen Has Cut 34 Full-Time Faculty Positions In The Past Two Years

[rlmorel]

May they rot and go broke.

[rlmorel]

I simply say that as a reflection of their far, far Left underpinnings, political correctness, and political stances that I have read about in the past few years.

Get Woke, Go Broke.

[rlmorel]

"...The college also is doing more outreach to lawmakers who control its state funding, trying to make the case for continuing support despite the enrollment trend..."

Typical Leftists.

[Liz]

“Get Woke, Go Broke”.................tee shirt material..............LOL.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Stalinistic, anti-Semitic cesspool of Satanic hate.

Rachel Corrie U.

[llevrok]

Ping for later

[Da Coyote]

Evergreen is a nest of hemorrhoids. Think of all the idiot students demonstrating their lack of as a welcome dose of Preparation H which shrinks them and their silly little college to nothingness. And smile.

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RE: May they rot and go broke

How can they go broke if they have STATE (i.e. TAXPAYER ) money going to their coffers?

Ever seen a public school go broke?

[cgbg]

Washington state leftist lawmakers love funding leftist indoctrination centers—should be a slam dunk!

[dainbramaged]

I hope they can still afford to maintain the Rachel Corrie memorial, which consists of a dove impaled on a pyramid in a glass case. They left out the bulldozer.

[Army Air Corps]

I thought that pancakes encased in Lucite was the Rachael Corrie memorial.

[rlmorel]

You are correct...sadly.

Maybe they will just rot and fall off the way a badly frostbitten and neglected toe does. One can always hope...

[treetopsandroofs]

Then there are the public HBCU schools, that have to incarcerate or change the entire leadership every few years, because staff feel entitled to "reparations".

[proxy_user]

There’s always a chance they will wise up and start emphasizing practical subjects. They are expanding their computer science program. I would think those who are the first in their family to attend college might want a degree that will lead to a decent job.

[rlmorel]

Whoever thought of that really had it going. It is so true.

But hey...we don’t want to disabuse them of that sentiment.

I hopefully anticipate the crash and burn of this next Star Wars release after the POS brainless actress had to come out and trash those who support Trump.

Let’s hope she goes broke too.

[newfreep]

I completely detest the concept of “tenure” - totally unAmerican.

[USS Alaska]

down more than 40% from its peak head count

Such good news for Christmas.

It's is bad news for the happy holiday crowd, but Christians are rejoicing.

[SunkenCiv]

Obviously if the enrollment is down that much, close dorms and get the occupancy back up to 2 per room. Keeping a dorm open costs much more than keeping it closed. But the sooner it goes out of business, the better.

[rlmorel]

Huh. Didn’t know that was Rachel Corrie’s alma mater.

Figures. Well, that explains why they don’t have pancake breakfast fundraisers there.