ST. CLOUD TIMES — A spring semester unlike any other is coming to an end and the future is full of unknowns for Minnesota State schools, including St. Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical and Community College.
Students tended to stay enrolled this spring, even as campuses shut down and classes moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But administrators are bracing for some enrollment declines this summer and into the fall which would impact already-strained budgets.
The Minnesota State system, which includes 37 colleges and universities, expects a loss of $35 million to $40 million for fiscal year 2020, said Chancellor Devinder Malhotra Wednesday in a video call with the St. Cloud Times.
“We are bracing potentially for a significant impact on enrollment, what the extent of that decline will be it is very hard to predict right now,” Malhotra said.
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