Joe,<br> <br> How do you know that Moscow has enough retail jobs? What do you base this conclusion on?<br> <br> Second, please explain to me why it is that you think that a lack of jobs for students, a lack of affordable quality housing, and a lack of affordable retail goods does not impact the ability and desirability of student continuing there education at UI?<br> <br> I know for fact that the reason I chose UI over BSU and LCSC for my undergraduate degree had entirely to do with the town it is located. I believe if young adults in southern Idaho cannot get a job, have and decent place to live in Moscow, and gain access to the same goods and services for similar prices, they will choose to stay down there and we will lose the state, federal and personal dollars they would bring to our community.<br> <br> Take Care,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>joekc@adelphia.net</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margi!
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5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Thanks for this information, Ron! <br><br>Just of the record, I meant to suggest that it was absurd that a lack of part-time jobs in Moscow has anything to do with UI's loss of enrollment, or that it was absurd to think that if Moscow had a Super Wal-Mart, then UI enrollment would increase, as Donovan seemed to suggest.<br><br>--<br>Joe Campbell<br><br>---- Ron Force <rforce @moscow.com=""> wrote: <br><br>=============<br>All the state's HE schools, except BSU and CSI, have lost enrollment as compared to last spring. NIC blames it on the improving job market as students leave school for full-time employment. Vocational enrollment showed the greatest losses, which would tend to corroborate that outlook.<br><br>All the schools (except BSU) showed losses in academic full-time student enrollment.<br><br>http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov/statistics/students/index.asp<br> <br>**********************************************<br>Ron Force Mo!
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USA<br>rforce@moscow.com<br>**********************************************<br><br>--<br><br>It is absurd to suggest that job availability has anything to do with UI’s decreased enrollment. I won’t speculate why UI’s enrollment is down other than to say that well-publicized internal problems at UI as well as the increased quality and popularity of other universities in the state has more to do with it than a lack of part-time jobs in Moscow. There are likely other relevant factors of which I am unaware. (I still think that UI is the best state university in Idaho, by the way!)<br><br><br><br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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