As Evergreen State College enrollment shrinks, so does the faculty

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

[DPMD]

Pink lied, Rachel died.

[Deplorable American1776]

That's a shame...hey Evergreen, why not try being something else, a Conservative College. Maybe enrollment might increase..

A conservative college in Washington? It might start a new trend...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Glad to see Commie Central University is going down the crapper. About time.

[Billthedrill]

Put plainly, students mean tuition, and less tuition means budget cuts.

More important is the fact that Evergreen is a state institution and headcount affects funding over and above what tuition pays for:

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.

I'll bet they are. There are state legislators willing to buy into the claim that it's too valuable an institution not to fund anyway but they tend to get fewer as the on-campus antics make headlines. There are more colleges than Evergreen in Washington state and they all have to compete on the per-student funding ground. Holding that Evergreen is special because it's a luxurious incubator for student social activism is not going to win any funding arguments.

[reg45]

Tenure protects many older non leftist professors.

[newfreep]

...non leftist professors

This is a mythical idea that does not exist in reality.

As I stated, the concept of "tenure" is unAmerican.