4 Year Colleges Need To Cut Costs

A number of recent reports criticize colleges for leaving their facilities idle in the summer and weekends. They also point to increased amount of  spending on administration and fancy buildings, while cutting expenses for student instruction. Athletic costs are growing faster than instructional costs. There are many departments and programs with less than 10 students that could be trimmed. Research time of faculty has increased over the past decades, while more teaching is being done by adjuncts, and low paid instructors. There are few core  course requirements for student graduation. Students can graduate without a written composition course or knowledge of US Government and history.

Perhaps all these criticisms are overblown, but colleges need to address such concerns as they raise tuition.