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For the specific case of public university tuition costs, this analysis from the UC system suggests the increase it is primarily due to reduced government fundi

For the specific case of public university tuition costs, this analysis from the UC system suggests the increase it is primarily due to reduced government funding, requiring students to make up the difference: http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1119 http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1119 It also suggests that increasing administrative costs are not a significant contributor, but that there is some effect from increased student services.

jimhefferon 10y ago
I'm a prof at a private college, no state funding. When I ask our president he says, "80% of costs are personnel and the driver there is health care." Certainly I don't make what it says on the chart and have not had a raise since 2008; in fact, my overall compensation has fallen. (I don't know about doctors but I can absolutely testify that the satisfaction in being a professor has plummeted, particularly since 2008. I have a son who graduated a couple of years ago and considered graduate school, which I did my best to warn him about.)