Colo. State Univ. Considers Privatization
In this worst-case-scenario, how would the schools/programs designated as private build sufficient endowments? I can understand a public system taking over a private school with alumni who already contribute, but will alumni from the public school donate at the same level? All this said, the state rep. correctly concludes, "If [the legislature is] not going to plan ahead, at least the schools are."
As state funding cuts loom in 2011, leaders of the Colorado State University system have started considering an option unheard of in all but a handful of states: converting to a part-public, part-private structure in which students pay more for costlier degrees.
If implemented, the change could mean CSU's $4,800 annual in-state tuition jumps to about $13,500 for liberal-arts programs and as much as $20,000 for engineering degrees at the Fort Collins campus.
