♦ The school has 6,000 fewer students than it had just 10 years ago.
♦ A 9 percent enrollment drop since last year means the university might lose $9.4 million in tuition revenue.
SIU’s new chancellor, Carlo Montemagno, has served up a bold proposal to restructure the school’s academic programs, and he is on the right path. In just his first few months on the job, he is thinking big and trying to bring SIU into the 21st century.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/siu-chancellor-bold-reinvention-editorial/