On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Chuck Loucks wrote:
> My point is spending per student at Universities is way up, but the
> students are not the beneficiaries of that spending. Universities
> have dual roles, research and instruction; the money spent by
> Universities does not have to benefit student instruction. Public
> universities should not be raising tuition at rates higher than the
> CPI, period.
They have no choice if state aid is cut back, which it has been for the last couple of decades.
> The argument that state aid did not keep up with costs is a red
> harring since the states should not have to subsidize corporate
> welfare in the form of research and the "arms race" in accomodations
> that cater to wealthy students you referred to in the article.
The arms race referred to private universities, which have plenty of resources available to provide aid - not that they always do, of course.
Doug