<p>Re: Pseudonym
The colleges may become more selective in the applicants that they offer acceptances. While doing this, they may cap the number of incoming freshmen. These two actions alone will reduce the likelihood of your scenario–smaller and more highly qualified freshmen class, no significant increase in student population, number of class sections remain the same, higher retention rates based on more highly qualified students entering the college.</p>
<p>As far as the times of course sections not allowing a student to juggle a job along with it–that has nothing to do with funding. It’s not the college’s responsibility to adjust their course offerings to a student’s job schedule. There are evening courses, Saturday courses, and online courses (which do not cost extra money over the usual tuition during the normal semester timeframe). Plenty of students are able to schedule classes that do allow them to work. I’m sure there are plenty of students who can’t. That’s something for the student to work out–not the school. Work does factor into the % of students graduating on time as I previously mentioned. Some students must cut back on the number of classes they take per semester in order to fit in time for outside employment. It’s not the school’s fault but rather the financial state of the student.</p>
<p>Also, students are responsible for following a registration schedule–meet with advisor, register at a certain time slot. If a student doesn’t take the initiative to meet with their advisor early but instead waits until the last day of their registration time slot, of course they are going to have a harder time getting into their first choice classes. This reason isn’t limited to SUNY’s but to all colleges.</p>
<p>Which SUNY are you referring to where you can’t get into classes? What major are you referring to?</p>