Shrinking enrollment at SUNY Potsdam leaves budget gap - MCT News Service

Fewer graduate students are enrolling at SUNY Potsdam, and it is costing the university thousands of dollars. When John F. Schwaller, SUNY Potsdam president, addressed the college council last month, he reported that graduate enrollment had dropped by 50 students this school year, causing a $600,000 deficit. “We have experienced a significant decline in the number of graduate students, and that has brought our budget into imbalance,” he said. The dearth of graduate students could be more severe if the SUNY system adopts a proposed re-allocation of their state budget allotment, which would place more emphasis on graduate programs, said Peter S. Brouwer,dean of the School of Education and Professional Studies and Graduate Studies at SUNY Potsdam. http://www.channel6newsonline.com/2012/10/shrinking-enrollment-at-suny-potsdam-leaves-budget-gap/