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Remove the nice dorms, cafeteria, and fitness centers. You know the dorms and dining halls at these schools were pretty much the same 20 years ago (before tuit
by kafkaesq 11y ago
Remove the nice dorms, cafeteria, and fitness centers.
You know the dorms and dining halls at these schools were pretty much the same 20 years ago (before tuition costs started mushrooming as insanely as they have) as they are now, right? So perhaps one should look elsewhere as to where the rising costs have been coming from.
(Fitness centers being an optional expense at many schools, and something from a different animal than the subject of basic operational + living expense costs).
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- vinay427 11y agoThis is certainly not true at some universities. For instance, at the University of Michigan dorms have been renovated on an annual cycle (around one building a year) at an expense of millions of dollars for small renovations and tens of millions of dollars for larger ones. These larger upgrades often include fancy dining halls with lots of options, along with well-appointed interiors. Furthermore, the number of new buildings and construction projects (about 10-12 currently) at any given time is insane in my opinion, though some are funded by donors for specific uses so can't be reallocated.
- kafkaesq 11y agoOk -- we can tone them down a bit. But "remove" them?