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This is the equivalent of asking, “Why does <tech company> need so many people? It’s just a website!” You cannot blindly cut 90% of staff. Administrative salari

This is the equivalent of asking, “Why does <tech company> need so many people? It’s just a website!” You cannot blindly cut 90% of staff. Administrative salaries aren’t necessarily the driver of increased tuition costs. They may be one of many factors. My wife wrote five articles on the myths behind rising education costs, including administrative bloat: https://michellelessly.com/2016/08/08/5-myths-behind-the-rising-cost-of-college-in-america-part-i/ https://michellelessly.com/2016/08/08/5-myths-behind-the-ris....

csa 4y ago
> My wife wrote five articles on the myths behind rising education costs, including administrative bloat She casually mentions Title IX and “high touch services”, and then calls those expenses a “necessary cost of doing business”. I think most of the folks who end up paying the bills would rather them not be.
fallingknife 4y ago
> Critics often fail to consider is that a college campus is essentially a city housed within a municipality And why should they be? Why can't students partake of the services that the rest of the population does? This is how it typically works at European schools which seem to cost much less. Why can't schools just be schools?