re: Bama Shuts Down UAB Football, SC 1Up's 'em, Shuts Down SC State Univ..as a whole

Kentucky State University was in similar financial straits last year. A strong KSU president dropped the hammer on nonpaying/slow paying students by dismissing 1/4 of the student population. He also laid off 20% of staff. He gave $90,000 from his own salary so that the lowest earning workers would get a cost-of-living raise.

Sometimes the managers of schools have to take draconian measures to keep the state from stepping in but they can show compassion to those most affected, too.