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Administration costs have risen quite a bit, and are even used as political gifts. Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana, stacked Purdue's board with his co
by tedivm 9y ago
Administration costs have risen quite a bit, and are even used as political gifts. Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana, stacked Purdue's board with his contributors and supports and when he left the governor position they made him president of Purdue. The detachment from the administration of schools and the actual education portion is a big issue.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoThey also gold plate all of their new facilities. Not enough to have a normal hand dryer. Gotta have it covered in custom graphics.
- pixl97 9y ago> Gotta have it covered in custom graphics. Unless they are going out of their way to spend a lot of money, the cost of those graphics is actually pretty cheap in comparison to the entire device. It's probably things like marble floors where the cost between one material choice can be 3x-10x the cost of another that would increase costs.