Trouble in Greenwich Village--as NYU seeks to expand

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<p>From The New York Times:
Expand Minds, Not the N.Y.U. Campus</p>

<p>The N.Y.U. expansion plan is a clear and present danger to the neighborhood and a grave risk to the university itself.</p>

<p><a href="http://nyti.ms/KbVPWx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://nyti.ms/KbVPWx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This article is written by three NYU profs who are concerned, among other things, that the expansion will be paid for by tuition, compounding its already weak finaid. It will also scare away faculty who won't want to live in a construction zone for the next 20 years. </p>

<p>The rise of NYU has always confounded me. As a native New Yorker, I'm old enough to remember when NYU was known as the school where if you could afford the tuition, you would get in. The authors of this op-ed warn that the expansion may lead the school back in that direction.</p>

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<p>Interesting article. Most colleges will make the claim that the tuition isn’t enough to fund the education of the students because it costs so much more (well equipped labs, music lessons for those majoring in music etc)…well, now we know why it costs more. And it is enlightening to know that tuition will bear the brunt of these expansions.</p>

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<p>As an NYU parent I agree that this is a foolhardy plan with an erroneous long-term vision. Its advocates are failing to anticipate the sea change that is coming to higher education in 10, 20 or 30 years. The competition from online education will devastate over-extended campuses that do not prepare for the shift. At some point a critical mass of college consumers will realize that the benefits of the traditional on-campus experience are not worth the huge cost.</p>

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<p>Totally agree with Wildwood11 and I think the change will come earlier than 30 years. Even now, a private college education is becoming out of reach of many many students. This can’t hold. The bubble will pop soon enough…</p>