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Overhead isn't nebulous, it pays for the operating cost of the lab. At least in the case of the lab my parents worked at, that money was crucial.
by fhood 9y ago
Overhead isn't nebulous, it pays for the operating cost of the lab. At least in the case of the lab my parents worked at, that money was crucial.
- rspeer 9y agoI said "nebulous" because it's such a vague line item. It's probably fine that a grant doesn't have to itemize how much is paying the utility bills, how much is paying the janitorial staff, how much is paying middle management... and grant funders are fine with this too. I am not protesting the concept of overhead. I'm just saying, as long as there already is this line item called "overhead" that pays for the university's operating expenses out of the grant, why does there also need to be a line item called "tuition" for the same purpose?