Is that similar to my 'unwork' philosophy?
How long have you been using the unschooling method?
Another Funding Cut
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How long have you been using the unschooling method?
Tuition (and fees...lots of fees) will continue to climb as long as the students are willing to go further into debt and the government is willing to loan money. The problem is that the government is perfectly willing to keep paying more in loans...thus there is no firm check on tuition and fees and the debt continues to climb. Eventually you will reach a tipping point...we might be getting close.
Maybe some of the $million that Branstad saved on Medicaid could be used on education- oh wait. Only did it not save any money, we gave them millions of dollars to help bail them out financially. 
Iowa State provides the highest number of graduates who stay in state and are a taxable income base. Seems a bit like biting the hand that feeds you at some point.
This article is from 2014 but it provides an interesting take on how universities have increased non-teaching and non-research administration in the last 30 yrs
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/higher-ed-administrators-growth_n_4738584.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/higher-ed-administrators-growth_n_4738584.html
Seriously though, it is time to take a step back and realize that this isn't working and not sustainable. It is time to step back and let the free market and all of the kids, parents, teachers, higher education schools, and employers innovate and find better ways of educating kids.
Iowa State has been recognized for keeping its administrative costs among the lowest in the country.
It's funny but you may remember this story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...8ef1aa9e4b0da2ff85e27b5?section=us_weird-news
8-Year-Old Learns How To Drive From YouTube, Takes Sister To McDonald’s
I learned how to wire my shop electrical from youtube but I am not qualified to others houses.
I've learned plenty of skills via Youtube videos, but it's still not a substitute for an actual education.
I don't understand why people in this country just don't get this simple fact: government funding has to come from a revenue source. If that source doesn't make money then you need to adjust your government spending or find new sources of revenue. At least the state of Iowa is trying to be fiscally responsible, unlike the federal government that just seems to find ways to spend instead of ways to pay for it.
I expect the state to get some improvement in funds if they can figure out a way to capture more sales tax on internet sales. They got Amazon, which is huge, but there is still a lot of lost revenue from other internet merchants that they would love to have.
I will agree that the lag in the AG industry certainly have a lot to do with the state's financial troubles.
I think they could still do a better job on the expense side. My friend's wife has been an art professor for about 20 yrs. She drives up from Des Moines three days a week to teach. He told me that if she works 10 more yrs until she's 62 she'll receive $140K/yr in pension plus medical benefits. Not bad for essentially part-time work teaching a liberal arts subject. That number floored me.
Why the hell are you on a community message board that revolves around this institution if this is how you feel about it?
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If she's talking about a pension, that means she selected IPERS and not the Tiaa-credit contribution plan option. ISU retirees do get access to the ISU medical plans at the negotiated rates. BUT they have to pay the full premium based on Medicare eligibility. FWIW.
If you get down to the nut and bolts, the only way a University has administrative costs that low is by not having those positions aka "expenses" which depending on the area you can clearly tell ISU is lacking compared to the other regent institutions.
Knowing what my wife's Ipers is projected, either she isn't in this or if she is, she is pulling around 175k/year and ISU is picking up medical.
