Hens79 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:53 am
77HEN wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:11 am
Very good Cluck. Imagine the horrors of meeting someone who is not a drone for the herd. Oh, the horrors!
Demographic cliff? The link in the article says there was a noticeable drop in birth rates in 2008 to 2011 due to the “Great Recession”. Not true. The birth rates in those years are right in line with the steady drop in the US over the last 50 plus years (
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metr ... birth-rate). If there is a cliff, it is likely due to the fact that many are now seeing that it is not worth the money (debt) if you aren’t a good student who plans to study a useful subject. Folks may realize that you can’t always count on the gubment to bail you out from debt (with taxpayer money or more debt) you agreed to take on.
BTW, Dan - take a look at CUSA and you will find many other universities with different approaches to UD than just Liberty in purple VA. Like JaxState, SHSU, TX El Paso, WKU, MTSU, LaTech and FIU (in Red FL), etc. But, I guess Liberty is a good target, cause - you know why.
Enlighten us as to the “different approaches” that these other schools take. I mean we’ve been told here that it is “fact” that UD wastes so much money on unnecessary things but haven’t been provided any “facts”. Maybe we will now?
And about Liberty … well we know why and deservedly so.
And why would anyone not appreciate different opinions? But opinions are quite different than facts. And when you form opinions based on out right lies … well … I don’t want to be part of that “herd” and glad they are in the large minority around here.
Anyway, UD is trying to spread their reach. Hopefully, competing in FBS in a conference with a wider reach that the east coast will help. It will be interesting to see donation wise if it will bring in more money than UD’s more traditional footprint from the wealthier northeast and mid-Atlantic.
I’ll give you a free one.
How much did UD pay for the INBRE building (that number is out there)? How long ago? How much work has been done on it? How many people are actually working in that building?
How much does it cost to run the facility? What is the return on that solid investment?
The fact that you don’t know any of that is…well, funny…as is that fact that you don’t know anything about how many non-teaching positions have been added, what those positions are, and what the compensation packages are for those positions.
Why is that? One would think a local journalist would be on top of a story where our state’s top university is very publicly crying poor while asking alumni, fans and the state taxpayers to pay for the university’s newest whims and upgrades (whether that be sports, student enrollment or a host of other monetary needs).
WHY is UD in such a position? Increased healthcare costs?
A first year journalism student could confirm any of those numbers. Gosh, in such a booming economy and temporary inflation
, how in the world is UD crying poor and asking everyone to help them from a budget disaster?
UD sports fans should be upset about a $5 million fee that was unnecessary if the plan really was to move forward. Now, those same UD folks are saying that our new upgrades might be delayed or downgraded because fundraising isn’t humming along as predicted.
By the way, who needs a chilled pool…in Delaware?
Plenty of facts out there…funny how only some get reported while other stuff gets buried. Selective journalism.
The fact that you don’t know anything about UD’s excess spending is hilarious considering that you are such a supporter of the local rag that declares itself a news organization. Any journalist worth their salt would delve into UD’s spending and budget and make mincemeat of UD’s begging. But it doesn’t happen. Why is that?
Maybe the info is on a laptop somewhere, but the News Journal is afraid that they will be banned from the internet while UD’s administration denies its existence or blames it on Russian interference.
Funny thing about facts.
In the meantime, I don’t expect KT to do any reporting involving UD’s expenditures that don’t related to sports…even if those expenditures impact sports indirectly. But I would expect someone…anyone…in journalism to actually try to delve into why the state’s biggest economic contributor is having serious financial challenges…and not to just lip sync and print some lame excuses proffered up by the guys in charge of that spending.
Hopefully, we can focus on facts instead of inventing boogie men from far away lands.