Posted on 01/13/2024 1:04:36 PM PST by george76
Louisiana University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Circa 1966 the administration offices were one floor of 4 wings. (I suffered greatly in that building) in the chemistry building. I would guess about 25 offices. The Student population was 7,000. Today it is about 10,000.
Today they have their own administration building of three floors of which each floor is easily 4 times the size of the old administration floor space. Part of the building is also used for classes. It would be conservative to say the administration has expanded 4 times faster than the student enrollment.
Tuition has expanded at an equal rate. I was lucky as I got my degrees in Geology and Pharmacy before education went mad. I was given a good education there.
The headline is “administrators” while the copy and math is about total employees. The story also only counts full-time undergrad students, when Vanderbilt has several graduate schools and a lot of part-time students — the true student count being over 12,000 or double what the story counts. 1:4 would be a more accurate ratio of employees-to-students. I have no idea what an acceptable ratio is, but the story is way off.
How many foreign students are paying full tuition in an attempt to immigrate to the United States?
Where Vandy gets off with this pricing is because Vandy BA = assured entrance into Vandy Law School or Vandy Medical School.
One of those classic double-double private schools that indebt you for 250K and set you on the course for maybe 80K a year to start if you were a "B" student and know the secret handshake, meaning you already bought a house and start paying for it the day they hand you your JD.
Hell, a double-double at Notre Dame is no different, maybe you start in Chiraq for 125K instead, but the cost-of-living plus entry-level housing which leads to a brutal commute f you over from day one.
Remember when the Vandy students used to chant whenever they were getting pummeled by another SEC team, “Beat us today, work for us, tomorrow!”
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