I find it interesting that the way they frame the argument they talk about the 250 million cut, they don't talk about the near 2 billion in funding that they university will receive in state funds and the 12 billion the institution will spend overall over the next two years.  

 

This is why education spending is out of control.  At every turn we will emotionally subsidize its expansion with little or no thought just because it makes us feel good.  If the average working family is loosing purchasing power and real dollars in their paychecks then it doesn't make any sense for these institutions to have tuition increases somewhere in the double digits.  In the digital age, its asinine for text books to run in the thousands of dollars.  there is no reason to bankrupt a state budget or drain the economy just so some kid can get a degree in art history and the assistant deputy provost is bringing home 6 figures.  

 

I think i saw a state that there is just a just over a 4 to one ratio of students to staff...  They'll manage. 

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