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WTF Texas? My state is cutting the university's budget by 24%...

DixyCrat said:
My state is cutting the university's budget by 24%...

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-e...university-chancellors-brace-for-budget-cuts/

WTF? How the hell do you run a state-runs university like that?

It is clear that a modern major state simply can't run on never taxing anyone for anything but a candy bar.
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What? Why would you be surprised?

Texas and the rest of the southern states are all about Intelligent Design and there is no such thing as Science so why do you need secondary schooling?
 
ayabe said:
Coupled with some meaty tuition increases as well, it won't all be cuts.
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I dont know, tuition like healthcare cost have been running well above the inflation rate, how much more can tuition be raised without affecting enrollment rates.
 
If it gets government funding , expect it to be cut. That is unless it involves paying for perks that politicians enjoy, those will get new investments (not stimulus). The public library here is now 3 days a week instead of 6 and they closed the seniors center.
 
charrison said:
I dont know, tuition like healthcare cost have been running well above the inflation rate, how much more can tuition be raised without affecting enrollment rates.
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Have you seen some of the insanely expensive buildings Universities have been building? I helped build some of the new dorms at a few of our universities and you would swear they were condos not dorms.
 
A lot of the school districts are having to cut back, not just the universities. I heard that vidor ISD is going to have lay off a bunch of their employees.

On the state level, there are going to be a bunch of cut backs and people losing their jobs - and its just trickling down.
 
Why should the universities be any different than anything else getting government funding? The gov is out of money, it needs to cut spending, at all levels.
 
Sadly, this is a result of our nation's reckless spending in yesteryears.

They should mandate that the majority of cuts must be to admin overhead. Universities can be bureaucratic nightmares and the dean of whatever college will get pissed, along with all those lined up to get his job, when his college of redundancy gets merged with another college and all the admin jobs are eliminated.

On the other hand, one can always enroll in Rice if Texas is cutting back. Just get a bunch of student loans to pay for a music or philosophy degree at prestigious university....
 
Absolutely cut spending. I agree. But the first spending cuts should be in the area of wages and benefits that our folks in Congress so happily give themselves, especially from those that got into office from insisting on major spending cuts.

And seeing as if the teabaggers and repubs are the ones that benefitted the most from championing that idea, they should be the first ones to do it.

Lead by example, not empty words to appease the base.
 
Simple, increase tuition, or the school needs to cut back.

We all know colleges waste a ton of money on needless bullshit.

30K per student per year? Give me a break...
 
umm why should I have to help pay for your college education in the first place??

Pay for it yourself or go to a cheaper school like a community college.
 
*sigh* this is the problem with residents of small government areas. They all rally "cut spending!* Small government or else!"

*but not the programs I like or else!

You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want the government to pay for everything, move to a blue state.
 
her209 said:
That's tuition at a public university?

Damn!
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No, its the usual cost of a private university.
But the public universities are funded by the states and as well as tuition.
I expect tuition is about 14-15k and the rest is funded by the state.
It may be lower than some private schools but I would bet not lower than 25k gross spending.
I wasn't able to find the exact number though.

I think its a problem with colleges in general, it just costs way too much. Theres a lot of fluff spending.
 
charrison said:
I dont know, tuition like healthcare cost have been running well above the inflation rate, how much more can tuition be raised without affecting enrollment rates.
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Tuition increases out pacing inflation is partially related to state funding. As schools grow, they need more money, but states have either not funded the schools to keep up with growth, or cut back on spending on the schools.

Administrative overhead is the other part of the equation. State funding and Administrative overhead are the two leading causes of tutition increases. While all schools have "useless spending", like my school who likes to replant non native plants every other week, but it is not a major issue in terms of overall dollars when compared to state funding and administrative overhead.

I am fulling expecting a 9.95% bump in tuition at most Texas universities.
 
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matt0611 said:
No, its the usual cost of a private university.
But the public universities are funded by the states and as well as tuition.
I expect tuition is about 14-15k and the rest is funded by the state.
It may be lower than some private schools but I would bet not lower than 25k gross spending.
I wasn't able to find the exact number though.

I think its a problem with colleges in general, it just costs way too much. Theres a lot of fluff spending.
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25k? No way. Here's why: financial aid given to students from low income families by the school. The "loss" of income is made up by the students who don't get as much financial aid or not at all. Also, the state would probably make up some of the difference.

Poor students also get financial aid from the federal government to cover a portion of their tuition cost as well. This usually comes in the form of grants (Pell Grant), direct loans (Perkins Loans), and subsidized loans.

In addition, the school gets additional federal funding through research grants.
 
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