the2real4mafol said:
How can a US university cost so much when the campus halls seem to be almost like army barracks but not even have a kitchen? I don't know how wide spread that is but thats what i heard when i thought about studying abroad and the USA was an option. If a US university costs are similar to my university i'm studying at. They are probably not spending all of it on research and education. The vice-chancellor at Plymouth (where i'm studying) gets nearly £300,000 a year and the chancellor gets over £500,000 a year. University can be ran far cheaper i think, but when management get over £100,000 a year it's just crazy. their pay should be closer to the lecturers and support staff. While costs like building new facilities are necessary but don't happen that often. And also you know it's stupid when some universities lower your fees if you get a high result. Tuition fees are just a rip off |
The thing is, those professors and managers have got used to a (wildly excessive) level of pay, and they're not exactly going to be happy about accepting a cut, especially when people are willing to pay the exorbitant fees that fund them.
Tuition fees are also probably subsidising research, though the opposite tends to happen in leading British universities.