University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty

Re:University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty by LatteLazy on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:41AM (#25967993)

I'm always surprised their aren't more US schools that are just academics. They all seem to have football teams and sports stadiums and up market dorms.

I went to Exeter. I picked the cheapest accommodation. I was more than happy with the on site sports centre. I wouldn't want to pay double for gold taps and an arena.

I think it would be interesting to see how places fared if tuition was linked to rankings. Top 10 can charge full wack, Next 10 80%, etc. But that would force people to make hard decisions...

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Re:University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty by username90 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @06:06AM (#25968126)

The Principal leaves money on the table if they only do academics. You get paid based on the budget of the organisation you run, and just doing academics for 1000 students obviously needs a smaller budget than doing academics, sports, entertainment, lodging etc for 1000 students.

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Re:University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:11AM (#25970193)

There are more of these schools than the big names with athletic programs. You just never hear about them.

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