The flip side benefit of financial exigency

Is that it does allow for cost-initiated innovation to occur, when it would otherwise not be considered during flush times. For example, I read many articles about communities in Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey banding together to jointly offer particular services, in order to save money. (Also see the work on reengineering organizations.)

Now, the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin are going to explore this. See "States Seek Ways to Share Costs, Services" from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

In that vein, while I think it's great that UDC wants to separate its "community college" and 4 year college and graduate programs, I am not sure that merging with Southeastern University is the way to do it. See "UDC offering to take over Southeastern U., source says" from the Examiner.

Rather, I would have DC contract with Montgomery College and/or Prince George's Community College to create a combined DC-Maryland suburbs community college system. Does DC really need to recreate its own infrastructure for this on such a small base, when there are extant successful community colleges just across our borders?