December 27, 2005

Universities have lost focus on students when it comes to costs

An editorial about tuition increases by state universities in Michigan mentions that Wayne State, Michigan State and the University of Michigan have announced rates at least 12 percent higher than the previous year. The editors site a report by an Ohio University professor that suggests many schools are top-heavy with "non-teaching employees" and that professors' inflation-adjusted salaries are 50 percent higher than they were in 1980, while a "typical full professor (at U-M) teaches no more than five hours a week for 32 weeks a year." The report suggests that more state aid go directly to students rather than to universities.

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