--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > So much Blah blah. The only problem with this > > > university is that it isn't going to have any students > > > and they'll want the faculty to teach these > > > nonexistent students for free. > > > > > I'm wondering if this is the death knell for MUM... > > > > ******* > > It seems unlikely that the money for this project is going to happen > within the foreseeable future, so MUM will continue -- the thinking > being expressed on mou.org about the new school is just off-the- wall. > For instance, it's being proposed that the 10,000 students get loans > from Citibank before the school is actually built so that this $150 > million in prepaid tuition could be the basis of the school's > construction costs -- this ain't gonna happen. > > Also, in order to avoid having to go through the ordeal of > accreditation for this new university, it would be declared a branch > campus of MUM Fairfield, which will automatically transfer > accreditation to the new school, in the unlikely event that it > happens (and if it does, it will only be a small school for some > time), so MUM will not be out of business (and most of that business > is foreign students anyway, and the new school is for U.S. students). > > I think the most likely outcome is that the TMO will get a few > concessions from local authorities and the state of KS for a token > presence here in hopes that someday a big school, which would be good > for the economy of KS, actually does appear in the weeds.
Good to know. It wouldn't be great for Fairfield if MUM went bye-bye, I imagine.
