[Vision2020] Re: Costs of Attendance

[thansen@moscow.com]

Yes.  I agree that there has been a degree of financial mismanagement at UI.  
UI is attempting correct this.  My suggestion would be to do what the Army does 
every year (or so).  It is called a manpower survey.  It requires all managers 
to justify those positions under his/her control.  This was/is accomplished 
internally in the Army.  Perhaps the individual state universities should 
conduct something comparable and submit such a report annually to the state.

Any thoughts?

Tom

> Rob,
> 
> I agree with your assessment of UI whining in some respects, and in others I 
do not. 
There are some significant differences between the dollars going into WSU and 
the dollars
going into UI.  Think tax base, think number of students attending, think 
relative
affluence of student population, think size of campus and number of faculty.  
However, I
really hate to hear the old line that charging these "student fees" is 
unconstitutional in
this state.  I don't hate to hear it because it's not true - it is - I hate to 
hear it
because it's ridiculous, and the constitution obviously needs to be amended.  
Idaho is a
poor state and cannot (let's not even touch will not) pay for the higher 
education of all
its in-state students.  (I am one of those, by the way.)
> 
> UI gives a fantastic deal for what you pay, and even though I've seen a 
gigantic increase
(percentage-wise) in my tuition since I started school in fall 2000, I still 
don't feel
like I can complain that I'm being fleeced, or that the state ought to be 
footing the
bill.
> 
> What I can complain about, and what I think the majority of the complaints 
are about, is
financial mismanagement without the input of the University community.  I would 
complain a
bit less if I knew I had any control over the use of my tuition dollars and tax 
dollars. 
But when my tuition is going to buy flat screen monitors in all the computer 
labs, or an
assistant football coach that gets paid more than a history professor, I start 
to get
edgy.  
> 
> I may get quite a bang for my buck, as Tom said, but I see things 
deteriorating quickly,
especially for those in the Humanities.  It put fear into my heart to hear 
University
officials desiring to model the UI after ITT Tech.  
> 
> I find myself glad I'm graduating in May, so I don't have to watch my 
dollar's former bang
become a whimper.  
> 
> - Sara
> 
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