In a time of limited funding, rising costs, and reduced operating budgets, community colleges must look for new ways to utilize scarce resources and dollars. Facilities, faculty, and students can be shared among colleges. Student and revenue loss occur because courses cannot accommodate the time frames or locations required by students.
Instructors face similar problems with scheduling and travel as well.
Lack of funding prevents hiring of additional full time instructors to offer all of the courses required by the student population, creating a heavy reliance on part time instructors. Equal access to educational opportunities are not available to the total population served by the college. Demand for high quality curriculum in geographically remote locations is not provided. Increased competition for student pool. Lack of connectivity to other institutions and area agencies.