Plans of going online of the University of Illinois faced a block when its faculty-student senate decided against the endorsing it. They claim that they are not stating that there should be no online education program from the university. On the contrary they are happy that such an initiative is being planned. They also feel that having an online program would mean that the students with lover affordability could have access to higher education through this program. The senate just feels that the current planning/model for the program is inadequate. 

The senate reiterated that they want the plan to succeed. For this they have made several recommendations and have outlined several issues with the plan that UI has proposed. It was stated that over the years they have observed that the state funding in recent years has declined, stayed flat of perhaps sometimes seen a marginal increase. This situation leaves the university to fend for itself. If the program is not self sustaining, it might face the same fate as the unfortunate universities whose online program failed. News Gazette reports:

"I would never assert that it is not a risky venture," White said. But one thing is certain, he said. The UI’s financial future "is not very pretty and we need a major new revenue source and Global Campus is the best prospect we have so far," White said.