Comments on: EDU Shaping up for Tumultuous Times http://blog.leadcritic.com/lead-generation/featured/edu-shaping-up-for-tumultuous-times The Home for Lead Industry News & Opinion Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lead Critic http://blog.leadcritic.com/lead-generation/featured/edu-shaping-up-for-tumultuous-times/comment-page-1#comment-337269 Lead Critic Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:13:27 +0000 http://blog.leadcritic.com/?p=1263#comment-337269 Great take Ed, I agree and think that this is the reason why the EDU space overall will continue to thrive in the online space. The for-profit space, however, if these state schools begin to compete for their students and if regulations make things a little more difficult (which in all honesty, I don't think they will. There are plenty of work-arounds.) the for-profit space will need to lower their costs and ultimately shrink their margins. And we know from the mortgage space what the trickle down effect will look like if that does happen. Who knows...only time will tell. Great take Ed,

I agree and think that this is the reason why the EDU space overall will continue to thrive in the online space. The for-profit space, however, if these state schools begin to compete for their students and if regulations make things a little more difficult (which in all honesty, I don’t think they will. There are plenty of work-arounds.) the for-profit space will need to lower their costs and ultimately shrink their margins. And we know from the mortgage space what the trickle down effect will look like if that does happen.

Who knows…only time will tell.

]]> By: Ed Powell http://blog.leadcritic.com/lead-generation/featured/edu-shaping-up-for-tumultuous-times/comment-page-1#comment-337244 Ed Powell Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:23:26 +0000 http://blog.leadcritic.com/?p=1263#comment-337244 I believe that basic economic realities will very quickly drive the state supported schools (not for profit) headfirst into online education. Across the country states, counties, and municipalities are faced with budget deficits and as a result have cut funding to their respective publicly supported schools. The schools can respond by raising tuition to offset this loss of support, but very quickly they will find a point at which tuition hikes will become intolerable to the student population. They already have the content with the courses, so why not make it more widely available online? In addition, a student who is working towards a degree would prefere to have degree from a school that at least has some local name recognition than a lesser-known national one. I think it will take time but I see the rise of the state schools and the community colleges becoming bigger players in the online EDU space. I believe that basic economic realities will very quickly drive the state supported schools (not for profit) headfirst into online education. Across the country states, counties, and municipalities are faced with budget deficits and as a result have cut funding to their respective publicly supported schools. The schools can respond by raising tuition to offset this loss of support, but very quickly they will find a point at which tuition hikes will become intolerable to the student population. They already have the content with the courses, so why not make it more widely available online? In addition, a student who is working towards a degree would prefere to have degree from a school that at least has some local name recognition than a lesser-known national one. I think it will take time but I see the rise of the state schools and the community colleges becoming bigger players in the online EDU space.

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