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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by TrainedMonkey on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:40PM (#15085820)
I do agree that admin costs are too high. However I think most of the tuition growth is due to decreases in state and federal funding.
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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by Finnucane on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:46PM (#15085862)
That's true for state schools, where subsidies have been cut almost universally.
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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by ams6110 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @07:22PM (#15086096)
Look at any state university org chart from 30 years ago compared to today. The difference will be striking. Yes state subsidies are down, but administrative growth has also been accelerating.
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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by mnm1 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:16PM (#15086853)
This is a private school so I'm not sure how much that applies. I haven't been able to find any figures on this, however, so I suppose it's possible.
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