One of my pet peeves
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I'd like to see some kind of legislation that combats the administrative bloat universities continue to pump air into. Maybe something like a tiered system of federal incentives for schools that can achieve certain ratios of teaching staff to admin staff. Right now the system as a whole pays more to the latter, while the rest of the world has it properly flipped.
That's just one start, but it would seem to be a fucking easy law to get passed with minimal partisan bickering. -
It's a never ending circle jerk. The administrative burdens put on universities for governing grants, complying with federal statutes, etc. leads to the bloat. Then the state piles on with their own set of must-dos so everybody is treated 'equally' (not equitably, EQUALLY).GreenRiverGatorz said:I'd like to see some kind of legislation that combats the administrative bloat universities continue to pump air into. Maybe something like a tiered system of federal incentives for schools that can achieve certain ratios of teaching staff to admin staff. Right now the system as a whole pays more to the latter, while the rest of the world has it properly flipped.
That's just one start, but it would seem to be a fucking easy law to get passed with minimal partisan bickering.
So it's like the fox is watching the hen house. They feed one another enough make-busy work to pretty well put the primary purpose of a university in the background...you know, educate the students.
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Yes!!! More regulation that would require a bloated bureaucracy to administer that would probably cost more than any cost savings achieved.GreenRiverGatorz said:I'd like to see some kind of legislation that combats the administrative bloat universities continue to pump air into. Maybe something like a tiered system of federal incentives for schools that can achieve certain ratios of teaching staff to admin staff. Right now the system as a whole pays more to the latter, while the rest of the world has it properly flipped.
That's just one start, but it would seem to be a fucking easy law to get passed with minimal partisan bickering.
Makes about as much sense as locking the country down until everyone gets tested.
But let’s think about this in ya know, economics. College is expensive and getting more expensive because of inorganic demand. Any swinging Dick or bouncing Betty with a 3.0 can borrow $40,000 per year to party and sometimes go to their Sociology and Algebra classes. It’s not real money to them or their parents. Only the school and the tax payer.
How about we make Dick and Betty prove themselves at Green River for a couple years before we invest the big bucks on them. If Betty has a 3.5 in HS, let’s pay for her CC. And then if she achieves a 3.5 in CC, then she can get some grants, loans etc.to finish her BS. And if she does better than 3.5 getting her BS, we can look at some help for grad school.
All of the sudden, all incoming Freshman at a university would have skin in the game with earned schollies, grants, college funds, daddy’s $$$ etc. But no student loan. They would have to earn that elsewhere first before we invest in them.
And boom. You have organic demand restored and tuition would come back down to earth and the taxpayer would save hundreds of millions per year.
