As college classes increasingly move online, there's much less need for buildings with classrooms and desks. And that's why Carl Sandburg College has closed its extension center inBushnell- the decision was announced in February, and took effect Thursday. President Lori Sundberg says the center opened in 1995 to serve college students and for adult education. But in recent years no "face to face" classes have been offered at the center because those classes are now offered online or at local high schools.It's pretty expensive to use the center just as a computer lab.
Closing the extension center inBushnellwill save the college 150-200,000 dollars a year. The real challenge is not building or renovating, but maintaining a building.
DoctorSundbergsays the college is looking into ways to provide more computers for students in theBushnellarea - possibly at the community center, recreation center, and public library. Sometime soon she expects Carl Sandburg College will try to sell the center.
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