The biggest problems driving costs in colleges and universities are:
1) The desired to turn college into a “resort” where occasionally education occurs,
2) The explosion of administrative positions,
3) Not everyone needs to go! Probably half the students there don’t have any business being there,
4) Government subsidies.
You know, I am glad I dropped out of community college. I didn’t want to go unless I could afford it and I am certain that there are too many who just want to find a new place to party all the time. Get rid of the bureaucrats and I daresay that ending athletics programs would cut things down drastically.