re: Informative read about Auburn from the Wall Street Journal $$$

I wish the article had broken down the spending by divisions. Student Services has gotten out of control. that's the one that makes sure everyone gets A's, graduates Summa Cum Laude, makes sure their feelings don't get hurt by a mean professor, makes sure the mattress isn't too hard, on and on and on.
My daughter worked for them while in grad school to pay for her tuition and she was amazed at how little was done by so many. Basically her small dept. was tasked with sending out questionnaires to students to make sure everything was going to suit them. that's it.

nobody's gonna have to throw a benefit for us anytime soon, but if we had to pay tuition for our kids at AU, (luckily only overlapped one year) we probably could have done it, but it wouldn't have been easy. their tuition scholarships made it happen.