Buckley on College Costs

Buckley on College Costs

"A more modest step -- and more palatable to the alumni -- might be the one suggested by the conservative candidate for the Dartmouth board of trustees: Cut the size of the college administration and devote the resources to teaching."

At my university the faculty size has dropped 10%, the student body increased 20%, and tuition has increased 300% in the past 10 years. Faculty pay has gone up modestly, keeping pace with inflation, but lags peer schools by 20-35%. Meanwhile, the number of vice-, assistant to the --- have increased along with our leap into Division 1-A athletics.