“The School of Journalism and Advertising jumped at the opportunity to offer an online degree and as a result, the DE (distance education) funds have been a critical stream of revenue for us and the college,” said Jan Thompson, the director of the School of Journalism and Advertising. “For instance, I need to replace 25 computers in the newsroom and 40 computers in two classrooms. I was going to use DE money…but, I can’t plan for that because it is not clear if there will be DE money. We have heard there may be no money.”
