I currently attend a state college that is trying to become a university. The change over has already and will in future cost millions of dollars. Luckily because we are a state run school this fine college has been able to squander, waste, and lose their money for years, but the government is giving us more for the change. I must admit, I have been forever baffled by the lack of funds at this particular institution. I find it strange for a few reasons: 1. There are 18,000 + students who attend fall and winter semesters, and 8,000 who attend spring-summer. The total tuition per student is 2,000 with fees included. The school also brings in revenue from sporting events, donations, apparel and paraphernalia sales, etc. This means that minimum they take in 100,000,000 in revenue per year. 2. Many of the teachers are adjunct and earn a measly $1600 per class. So one of my smaller classes with 40 students cost the school about $5,000 in a semester, while the students pay about $20,000 to be in the class.

So the real question is why do we waste so much money? I wish the government would at least try to run its operations as a business, where you must make a profit to stay in the game. I also wish that I didn’t have to hear the sob stories from teachers and administrators about how there is no money, and how lucky we are to be getting an education for so little.

If you were looking for a point to all this I am truly sorry. I just wanted to throw it out there.

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