Sadly so many universities are bloated with administrators. Part of the reason the costs are so high. Then they hire adjunct professors who make about as much as a waiter at a good restaurant does. I don't know if TU uses adjuncts but most college's do and this includes Ivy League schools. So the money in general is not going to faculty (that is the full time ones) but the administrators. At some point they are going to have to get rid of the administrative bloat and bring costs down. They are not going to do this willingly. But I think college has reached a price point that is too high that the public is questioning if it is worth the cost.
secabeen|6 years ago
Average expenditure per student:
Instruction: $17,996
Student Services and Academic Support (Not all of which are administrators): $9528
That results in $0.52 spent on Student Services and Academic Support for each $1.00 spent on Instruction. In 1999, that number was $0.47 spent on Student Services and Academic Support per $1.00 spent on Instruction. That's not a huge increase in administrators.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_334.30.a...
The cost of college is largely driven by reductions in state support for public institutions, and the resulting increases in tuition by both private and public schools:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fancy-dorms-arent-the-m...
AngusH|6 years ago
This page offers a summary of what that classification includes and it includes some clearly essential activities:
https://www.wisconsin.edu/financial-administration/accountin...
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