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You strike on a significant point that most HN types have no idea about: the majority of most big schools that do any research (state schools, big private schoo
by rpcope1 12y ago
You strike on a significant point that most HN types have no idea about: the majority of most big schools that do any research (state schools, big private schools like Ivies) get the majority of their budget from taking a cut of research grants, and secondarily from state funding and tuitions. At the various schools I have been involved in different forms with, tuition covers on;y like 20-40% of operating costs; the people who were really keeping the university afloat were researchers _not instructors_. It is partially because of these huge monetary incentives that STEM professors are usually expected to be researchers (and administrators of grad students) first, and teachers second: they have to pay the bills.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoIowa gets 5% of its funding from the state, reduced in budget cuts every year for decades. I honestly don't know why they don't cut their ties - 5% isn't worth all the Board of Regents interference.
- kefka 12y agoPrecisely. Ever since Reagan, Public schools are dwindling to Private with a token appreciation and control from the state. My parents also told me of a time when one could work a summer job and pay for the rest of school year. Long are those times gone.