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> College officials said they need to increase net tuition revenue to keep up with rising expenses that include faculty benefits and salaries. I would put fort

by chiph 14y ago

> College officials said they need to increase net tuition revenue to keep up with rising expenses that include faculty benefits and salaries. I would put forth that administrative costs are increasing faster than faculty costs. No hard evidence to back it up, just a lifetime of studying how organizations & bureaucracy grow. I would also put forth that college life is increasingly cushy. The dorms at my alma mater are amazingly nice, compared to when I went there. I lived in a converted motel run by the university. Today's students have suites, with kitchenettes, free cable TV, reserved parking, and a fitness center. I'm not saying it should return to the barely-better-than-prison experience I had, but there needs to be a limit set, because all that stuff adds to the semester's cost.

OGinparadise 14y ago
I tend to agree. Add to it the fact that a lot of people (or is it most) do not pay the sticker price. Most top colleges use their endowments regularly to make ends meet so it's not like there is money deposited to the proverbial bank account from student's tuition. The irony is that when colleges want to pay faculty less or cut benefits, students protest and call them greedy. Healthcare alone is growing by xx% a year and employees expect a raise each year. Building repairs and everything else is also increasing, year after year.
w1ntermute 14y ago
> I would also put forth that college life is increasingly cushy. The dorms at my alma mater are amazingly nice, compared to when I went there. I lived in a converted motel run by the university. Today's students have suites, with kitchenettes, free cable TV, reserved parking, and a fitness center. I'm not saying it should return to the barely-better-than-prison experience I had, but there needs to be a limit set, because all that stuff adds to the semester's cost. How about letting the free market decide, instead of forcing students to live on campus?
- rsheridan6 14y ago
  Some colleges do let students live off campus. Mine did.

by chiph 14y ago

OGinparadise 14y ago

I tend to agree. Add to it the fact that a lot of people (or is it most) do not pay the sticker price. Most top colleges use their endowments regularly to make ends meet so it's not like there is money deposited to the proverbial bank account from student's tuition. The irony is that when colleges want to pay faculty less or cut benefits, students protest and call them greedy. Healthcare alone is growing by xx% a year and employees expect a raise each year. Building repairs and everything else is also increasing, year after year.

w1ntermute 14y ago

> I would also put forth that college life is increasingly cushy. The dorms at my alma mater are amazingly nice, compared to when I went there. I lived in a converted motel run by the university. Today's students have suites, with kitchenettes, free cable TV, reserved parking, and a fitness center. I'm not saying it should return to the barely-better-than-prison experience I had, but there needs to be a limit set, because all that stuff adds to the semester's cost. How about letting the free market decide, instead of forcing students to live on campus?

rsheridan6 14y ago
Some colleges do let students live off campus. Mine did.