Ignatius, Lorraine - my University administrators will be exactly the same. I haven't told anyone there about this yet but I know what their answer will be. I've been quizzed about the costs of SL already this year and told that with all the cut backs there is no extra money to spend on SL.
By the way I'm not moaning or whining I'm just stating a fact. Loads of people here keep going on about LL being a business well Higher Education is a business too and a very risk averse industry at that. Even if we (the educators who belive in learning in VW) provide really good arguments to stay in SL, I think the administrators will just close us down. It's sad but that, as many of you have pointed out, is what business is all about.