05-23-2019, 08:20 AM
(05-22-2019, 08:01 PM)bfine32 Wrote: There was no "trying". IMO private Universities are businesses; they succeed/fail on the amount of revenue (endowments) they bring in. It's the main way they differ from public Universities. You, Matt, Dill, and others are free to disagree.
In all seriousness, the attempt to treat education as business is what has led to the decline in education in this country. There is a considerable correlation between those two things. There are decisions that have to be made like a business at schools, that can't be denied, but things like this aren't among them. This is in the realm of the provost, whereas the comptroller is the one that should be focusing on business activities.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
