A lot of (education) folks are retiring. Some folks (who) get into leadership positions are dealing with lots of paperwork, and because of the hassles they face, some choose to get out.

Really, there's not much opportunity for folks in Middle Georgia. There's online programs, but that doesn't provide hands-on learning. Anytime you don't have face-to-face interaction, you lose quality.

Over the last three years, we've received numerous inquiries about whether Mercer would develop a doctoral program. Now that word is trickling out, we've gotten numerous responses and high levels of interest.

There are lots of those folks in Austin.

They're cutting lots of folks out of that vote.

They're handicapped by old systems. They have personnel dealing with paperwork that can be handled electronically.