This article makes a number of common errors: > “Instruction” here includes faculty salaries and benefits, and a typical faculty member spends around 40% of th

This article makes a number of common errors: > “Instruction” here includes faculty salaries and benefits, and a typical faculty member spends around 40% of their time on teaching-related tasks, so it’s fair to say that universities spend 10-20% of their budgets overall on teaching. Reducing teaching costs to just faculty salaries ignores a wide array of elements that I consider teaching, including: -- Student tutoring/learning assistance centers -- Graduate student led discussion-sections -- Instructional lab sections, often taught by staff, not faculty -- Salaries for librarians, who often help students with class-related research projects -- Open access computer labs and other facilities necessary to instruction Most classes at a university are more than just a few faculty lectures; a big chunk of "Academic Support" and "Student Services" should also be included in the cost of instruction.