Got it, though if UVA can’t peel off from the state of Va I can’t imagine that would ever happen w Del. I’m sure there’s other subsidies and pain the legislature can extend to the University if they get too diffident.Henpecked wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:14 amThat will have less than zero impact on the University of Delaware. UD is a private-public research university with a $1.7 Billion endowment. And ONLY 10% of the University of Delaware's funding comes from state funding each year (and was approved last week). The majority of state funding covers scholarships for in-state students. The other 90% of funding comes from tuition and earnings from the endowment. The truth is that the state only provided $11 million for in-state scholarships and the University provided an additional $18 million for the shortfall on those 6,500 in-state students.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:50 am Maybe it will have zero impact but with Delaware not being the wealthiest state I have to wonder if DSU likely absorbing Wesley College could that potentially siphon some resources away from Udel?
https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/ ... re-wesley/
There has been a long debate about the public-private status of the University. Most UD Presidents have battled with state law makers on the representation of actual Delawareans at the University (currently at 36%). The current President was asked why more Delaware residents are not a bigger part of the student population and he gave the unpopular response "Maybe they don't measure up?"
UD is not popular with the politicians in Dover who have been asking for an audit on their dollars for the past 5 years. UD refuses to do this. Many people have said that it is more likely that UD will become a fully private University before Kowtowing to the politicians who fund just 10% of their budget.
I know that this was a long answer to this question, but UD is is no immediate danger of any funding shortfalls.
Know Wesley a little as Hobart player them twice earlier this decade in the D3 FB playoffs. Good sports programs but got the sense it wasn’t much else, commuter school, low grad rate, etc.
Your President doesn’t have a lot of common sense to make that comment in public or to politicians though. Even I know better and ive been know to instigate and challenge, play devils advocate to extremes in my life.