Temple Student Strike Turns Ugly as School Ends Some Tuition Aid

Re:Temple Student Strike Turns Ugly as School Ends Some Tuit... by charlieflowers on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:10PM (#34734267)

Yep. After all, where on Earth does all the tuition money actually go? The buildings are nice and there are way too many overpaid administrators, but even still that can't possibly account for all the $$$ flowing in.

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Re:Temple Student Strike Turns Ugly as School Ends Some Tuit... by klyrs on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:17PM (#34735554)

The whole idea behind endowments used to be that they could maintain the institution through tough times. But nowadays, there's an expectation that endowments should continue to grow during a recession, even if that means cutting the institution to the bone. And administration hierarchies keep getting deeper; they're never on the chopping block.

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Re:Temple Student Strike Turns Ugly as School Ends Some Tuit... by grubbs on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:32AM (#34736002)

Working at a pretty famous institution with a 6+ billion endowment...in June 2020 the president basically said "we're performing layoffs, stopping all retirement contributions, hiring freeze, and no raises for anyone."

Then gave some additional reasons as to why they couldn't dip into the endowment to save jobs/help those laid off.

So I guess it wasn't for tough times after all?

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