konrad@a.cs.okstate.edu (Konrad Brandemuhl) (10/29/88)
So you want a NeXT system, and Jobs told all professionals to ENROLL, if they wanted one. Well, as a student, I would appreciate if you all didn't do this at once. Lets consider: Suppose a fair percentage of the professional community decided to enroll for the Fall of 1989. During this Spring, Summer, Winter, University administrators may possibly notice an increase in student enrollment. The administrator may view this as a change in enrollment trend. This administrator may make future enrollment predictions base on these new figures and may start planning new, costly projects. Little does the administrator realize the real cause for the increase in enrollment. Now the professional, after his NeXT purchase may 1) Withdraw before the semester is over, 2) Complete the semester and withdraw before the beginning of the next semester. In either situation, the university experiences a revenue short fall, and more importantly fails to meet revenue projection with regard to the new projects. The administrator is left with several options: 1) cancel project (painful, embarassing for the administrator) 2) find alternate source of funds (if he had alt. sources of funds he would have gone ahead with the project regardless of enrollment figures. 3) cut back student services. (That's the key) 4) Raise tuition. (undoubtally). Who can afford and benefit the most? Who can not afford and least likely to benefit. I seriously doubt this would happen but just thought I would mention a worst case scenario. *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Konrad V. Brandemuhl@ P.O. Box 1933, Stillwater, OK 74076 | | Internet: konrad@a.cs.okstate.edu, u2345ab@unx.ucc.okstate.edu | | UUCP: {cbosgd,ea,ihnp4,isucs1,mcvax,rutgers,uokvax}!okstate!konrad | | BITNET: UCCXKVB@OSUCC *-------------* | University Computer Center, 113 Math Science Hall, | I alone | | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74077 | bite the | | Never confide in a friend what one would conceal | smoking | | from an enemy. -- Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky | gun. | *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* UCC Policy: Part-timers, programmers or otherwise, have absolutely no rights and privileges. We just do most of the work, quietly, and uncompensated.