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re: Informative read about Auburn from the Wall Street Journal $$$
Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:32 pm to AUreo
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.
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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.
This post was edited on 12/29/23 at 1:35 pm
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Posted on 12/29/23 at 1:32 pm to Tickytiger
Over the past two decades, Auburn has been transformed from a middle-of-the-road, land grant institution into one of the most sought-after, highest-ranked public colleges in America.
In 2023, Jennifer Wood Adams, the executive director of Public Affairs and Executive Communication, said that the university received over 50,000 applications from students worldwide, with fewer than 6,000 available spots. This was not a money grab, either. Unlike other universities, which have expanded their student populations by lowering entrance requirements to collect more tuition dollars, Auburn has been more selective in the students it admits.
While it admitted its largest freshman class in 2023 – at 5,935 students – that class also was one of the most academically accomplished in Auburn history. The average high school GPA in that class was an astonishing 4.15 and the class carried an average ACT score of 27.1.
In 2023, Jennifer Wood Adams, the executive director of Public Affairs and Executive Communication, said that the university received over 50,000 applications from students worldwide, with fewer than 6,000 available spots. This was not a money grab, either. Unlike other universities, which have expanded their student populations by lowering entrance requirements to collect more tuition dollars, Auburn has been more selective in the students it admits.
While it admitted its largest freshman class in 2023 – at 5,935 students – that class also was one of the most academically accomplished in Auburn history. The average high school GPA in that class was an astonishing 4.15 and the class carried an average ACT score of 27.1.
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