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[QUOTE="Nicknack, post: 3466251, member: 1003"]
The short answer is that I really don't know.  What I do know, is that many universities (like the one my wife works at) are really sweating over losing students, and not just for a semester or two.  The online version from most schools probably won't be any better than some school like the university of phoenix (and maybe worse because most faculty don't really know how to do it well).

Many parents are pulling their kids, understandably so, for this very reason.  Why pay top dollar for an inferior product over another option that is a fraction the cost and similar quality?  This very thing happened with my nephew's roommate.  He was responsible for his own tuition and decided that at least for now, it makes more sense to stay home, save money, and continue his education somewhere other than Baylor.

I would think that colleges are doing whatever they can to NOT lose students.  Therefore, it would be my best guess that is what is motivating them to reduce tuition.  Where my wife teaches (private college in Tampa), administration isn't cutting costs but delivering strict guidelines to faculty about the amount of teaching in person they must do.  My wife has never seen the administration take such a strong position towards them.  Scary times = you know.
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