Tag: affordability

NY Times op-ed suggestion: reduce college costs for the wealthy, um, “middle class”

March 21, 2014

Today in the NY Times, Steve Cohen argues that the federal government should reform the criteria by which families’ “expected family contribution” (EFC) is determined.  The EFC is the amount a family is expected to pay to a college or university for student costs, as opposed to what students can get from Pell Grants, loans,… More NY Times op-ed suggestion: reduce college costs for the wealthy, um, “middle class”

At long last, public-college faculty say: Take that, inflation!

March 18, 2014

As reported in the Chronicle, faculty salaries at public institutions increased at a higher rate than inflation this past year — for the first time in six years (and yes, friends, please note that the legend of the chart in the article mis-labels “public” and “private”). So if someone tells you that faculty are responsible… More At long last, public-college faculty say: Take that, inflation!

You could look it up: lower state funding for higher ed, higher costs for poor students

March 13, 2014

Don’t just take my word for it.  Two new online calculators show a) how state support of higher education as a proportion of universities’ budgets has plummeted, and b) how recent policies at the federal, state, and institutional level have combined to increase poor students’ costs in relative and even absolute terms compared to rich… More You could look it up: lower state funding for higher ed, higher costs for poor students

Privatization: Not “cutting costs,” merely externalizing them

February 27, 2014

One of the continuing myths of the privatization craze in higher education is that outsourcing functions results in lower costs.  Here’s BGSU my august university’s president on the recent deal to privatize flight instruction, as reported in the Sentinel-Tribune: President Mary Ellen Mazey told the trustees that this is the kind of collaboration with outside… More Privatization: Not “cutting costs,” merely externalizing them