A Cost Cut too Far
Some of the methods for cost cutting at Concordia University Wisconsin have me concerned.
The methods in particular are reducing church-work grants and increasing the number of adjunct professors.
There are really only two reasons anyone attends CUW. The first is if the student is seeking employment with LCMS in a educational or ministerial role. The second is for the environment/worldview. The cost/value of education ratio is not favorable if you ignore those two reasons.
Cutting grants to people involved in the primary purpose (see their mission statement) of CUW is disgraceful.
One of the selling points for Concordia was that you would be able to randomly drop in on faculty to ask them questions. This is true for the most part and I take advantage of it nearly every week. Increasing the percentage of adjunct profs to 25% will decrease the chanced that students will be able to get timely answers from faculty.