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re: Informative read about Auburn from the Wall Street Journal $$$
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:10 pm to EssexTiger
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:10 pm to EssexTiger
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I'm curious why the WSJ selected Auburn for their deep dive article. It is not obvious based on the authors' academic backgrounds, with the lead author coming out of Stanford and Columbia, the second author out of UT-Arlington, and the third author from Ball State. I could not find the academic information on the fourth author. The latter two authors apparently did the graphics for the article.
I think they mention it in the article. The main reason is historic data availability when compared to other major public universities.
This post was edited on 12/29/23 at 1:11 pm
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Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:32 pm to AUreo
Response to WSJ article by ALreporter.com
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What the WSJ missed: Amid rising costs, Auburn balanced growth, excellence.
College is expensive.
Tuition and fees, along with various other costs, have ballooned at every campus in every state – at both private and public universities – and the growth shows no signs of slowing down. Data available from the federal government shows tuition and related fees rose by more than 20 percent at America’s colleges and universities between 2010 and 2020, and the expected inflation rate is somewhere around 17 percent.
For some reason, on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal decided to single out Auburn University and its finances and financial decisions to illustrate this nationwide reality. Auburn’s expenditures on campus construction, expanding faculty and adding additional, more modern student housing were presented by the Journal as both elitist and also an example of opulent spending by college administrators nationwide.
The problem is it’s neither. In fact, Auburn’s spending and its tuition costs are both middle-of-the-road. And while the expenditures have been substantial, so have the benefits.
LINK /
What the WSJ missed: Amid rising costs, Auburn balanced growth, excellence.
College is expensive.
Tuition and fees, along with various other costs, have ballooned at every campus in every state – at both private and public universities – and the growth shows no signs of slowing down. Data available from the federal government shows tuition and related fees rose by more than 20 percent at America’s colleges and universities between 2010 and 2020, and the expected inflation rate is somewhere around 17 percent.
For some reason, on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal decided to single out Auburn University and its finances and financial decisions to illustrate this nationwide reality. Auburn’s expenditures on campus construction, expanding faculty and adding additional, more modern student housing were presented by the Journal as both elitist and also an example of opulent spending by college administrators nationwide.
The problem is it’s neither. In fact, Auburn’s spending and its tuition costs are both middle-of-the-road. And while the expenditures have been substantial, so have the benefits.
This post was edited on 12/29/23 at 1:35 pm
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