On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "It is a state university. I'm starting to think you don't understand what > a state university is. It is a public institution. The employees are public > employees. Yes, the state is in charge. It has nothing to do with left or > right leaning anything. That's how public colleges and universities work." > > Maybe I don't understand or maybe you are intentionally ignoring the point. > Let me rephrase. Should public institutions have a model they follow in > terms of budget, money, projected growth, disaster planning, etc? You > know, kind of like a business model?
Yes, you obviously don't understand. Hence why you use words incorrectly, consistently. > Or should they just stick their hand out and keep asking for more while > ignoring inflow and outflow of money and then blame someone else when the > money starts running out while sticking it to the students? > > > Oregon's money issues don't sound too different from many other states. > And while the amount of money given to the public education system may > have gone down (by percentage - I doubt by amount), it looks like the > colleges failed to compensate by adjusting their budgets. Nope, went down in absolute dollars as well as inflation adjusted. > Now, here is where it gets interesting. If the percentage did indeed > decrease, why? I'd say because spending on social programs has exploded. > Basically, you can't everything. Something is going to benefit at the > expense of something else. I already explained why and where the money went. Please read first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
