Hahaha. Their premise is that price controls might
>Forcing top public schools like the University of Texas or the University of Michigan to cut their budgets might weaken their ability to hire top professors and provide supportive living environments for students, thus reducing education quality.
Are they kidding? Luxury living environments don't make an education. And professors' salaries are the last thing universities spend money on these days.
Just to put it in context, a tenure track math professor could be getting $60K. They'd be the privileged elite, since most of the instructors are adjuncts who work for food.
(Source: ask people in academia, but really, public schools publish salary data, at least in TX)
Price controls are exactly what we need. There's no way the universities will be paying their professors less than they already do. But perhaps some of those admin expenses would stop growing exponentially.
EDIT: some numbers for y'all:
https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-texas-at-aus...
Top guys make over $100K (still way less than a tech salary), but look at new hires and smallet schools. And TX is a relatively rich state.
>Forcing top public schools like the University of Texas or the University of Michigan to cut their budgets might weaken their ability to hire top professors and provide supportive living environments for students, thus reducing education quality.
Are they kidding? Luxury living environments don't make an education. And professors' salaries are the last thing universities spend money on these days.
Just to put it in context, a tenure track math professor could be getting $60K. They'd be the privileged elite, since most of the instructors are adjuncts who work for food.
(Source: ask people in academia, but really, public schools publish salary data, at least in TX)
Price controls are exactly what we need. There's no way the universities will be paying their professors less than they already do. But perhaps some of those admin expenses would stop growing exponentially.
EDIT: some numbers for y'all:
https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-texas-at-aus...
Top guys make over $100K (still way less than a tech salary), but look at new hires and smallet schools. And TX is a relatively rich state.