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Looking at my local university's budget, research and educational costs still account for most of the budget. But research costs are becoming enormous - they'r
by bunderbunder 13y ago
Looking at my local university's budget, research and educational costs still account for most of the budget. But research costs are becoming enormous - they're spending over 1/3 of the budget on research, and only half as much on education.
Which isn't to say that we shouldn't be spending money on research, or that universities shouldn't be the ones to do it. But considering that government funding for research has been stagnating lately, I wonder if a less-explored factor in the situation hasn't been that we've slacked off on investing in research and are sticking our kids with the bill instead.
- bequanna 13y agoOk...So, you are saying that less than 1/2 of the budget can be traced to actually supporting research and education. Where is the other 1/2?
- bunderbunder 13y agoTogether, research & education is a bit over half. Of the rest, the 5 next biggest things are financial aid at 12%, "enterprise operations" (which covers administration of everything from state labs to the student bookstore) at 8%, student services (including athletics) at 7%, academic support (administrators, libraries, etc.) at 6%, and physical plant at 6%.