Friday, January 27, 2012

Obama On College Costs

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President Obama at the University of Michigan:




What Obama Won't Mention Today in Michigan: Campus Has 53% More Administrators Than Faculty  January 27,2012


Study finds increase in university administrators  Sept. 1, 2010

Where all that money is going

Tuition rises, class size grows, and the bureaucracy gets big  - January 14, 2010

                           

College costs are going up for non-teaching reasons:
  • Universities desire to enhance their research status which leads to buildings and staffing focused on non-teaching efforts.
  • The federal government requires a variety of programs be implemented for special interests that have nothing to do with teaching and these requirements each require an administrator to manage the government mandates [title this; title that, etc.]

2012 IS HERE

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