My own experience has been quite similar. The only program explosions I've seen has been Administration, (seriously does the university NEED 7 VP's making over $400,000 a year?) and sports. Thing is a series of reports by the Chronicle of HIgher Education suggest that athletic programs are a serious drain on a University's finances.
Those are the two areas I'd cut first myself. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you have any evidence of "spending on social programs has exploded"? > > While I hear that line repeated constantly, usually by those on the > right, I've worked extensively with both university budgets and state > budgets over the last 40 years, and I've never seen evidence of it. So > if you have some, kindly provide it. > > What I did see increase dramatically at the universities was spending > on Athletics. But you can hardly call that a social program. > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 e > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:352080 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
