In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

Syracuse University has been in the news lately, starting last spring : Syracuse University will eliminate 93 academic programs identified as having low or no enrollment, the private New York institution announced Wednesday. But unlike many colleges making cuts, Syracuse is not doing so out of financial necessity, according to Lois Agnew, the university’s provost and chief academic officer. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the cuts are in fact due to financial necessity : This school year, which began Aug. 24, enrollment fell short, sending the school into a 1.5% budget shortfall. Syracuse also added nearly half a billion in debt to build desperately needed new dorms, which brought on a bond market reprimand. And it recently cut programs it said weren’t popular. A national brand-name institution with a $2.5 billion endowment and a storied 150-year tradition is suddenly beginning to flail. But the problems aren't unique to Syracuse: Fewer young people ar...