Anyone who’s had to work for their college tuition, or, worse, felt that slow pang of helpless guilt when your parents pay it, has wondered if it’s going to the right places. I’m paying for school, right? Not mashed potatoes or some tenured flack’s all-expenses-paid jaunt to the Marshall Island to study unpronounceable flora and fauna? Books and pencils, right? Good teachers, good materials? Right?
The Cauldron, Cleveland State’s student newspaper, had similar questions and decided to find out. In this pretty exhaustive article, the paper examined how student dollars are used. Specifically, they put the microscope to the General Fee Budget, a $15.6 million piggy bank fat on student tuition ($13.6 million of it) and responsible for propping up non-academic activities (academic stuff — that weight is carried by the State Share of Instruction [which is dropping] and instructional fees).
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2011.
Ban all competitive college sports. They are a money suck at all but a few dozen top schools. Athletic programs should focus only on lifetime fitness sports, like swimming, that all students can participate in.
pretty mad right now. I am paying for people to play sports. what a great engineer I’ll be someday. Thanks Cleveland State!