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Originally Posted by rockies
I believe the article is predicting 10,000 online students unless I am missing something. The numbers they cite are for current and projected BYU Pathway (online) courses. Maybe the facilities would need to be expanded to accommodate becoming a large online university but have they mentioned expanding local classes recently? I would love to see it but it seems like they are focused elsewhere
https://www.thechurchnews.com/2020/9...resident-kusch
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You're probably right that the 10,000 refers to online enrolments. There isn't any way that the college's facilities could be scaled up to meet that number 'several years from now', especially since construction couldn't even start until after the Temple Square reconstruction projects are finished 'several years from now'.
Still, I hope they expand the college at that location. Online work/education has its place, but IMO it does not adequately replace the in-person work/education experience, especially with the extra goals the church has for its schools. In either case, having a college filled with students from around the world is a much better statement for the church to make with its headquarters than a sprawling, corporate-feeling mega-complex (like was pictured earlier). Just my