Rachel Whitaker Source 2

A) Where can we find the gap between tuition and lack of student resources?

B) Smith, Robert, and Dana Fleming. "Education Malpractice?: Higher Ed May Be Courting Overpaid Execs and Restless Consumers." Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education 21.5 (2007): 22-23. ERIC. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

Keeping Universities on track of their budget is almost impossible. Legislators refuse to make laws or  even hear cases in defense that they do not have the knowledge to govern those areas. This leaves Universities free to spend money on coaches and privileges for Presidents and other administrators that should be going towards resources for students. Where in the budget is the category for unauthorized use of University transportation or bonuses for coaches with losing seasons? There isn't one. Yet, yearly coaches and administrators reap the benefits of higher tuition. 

This article solidifies questions I've had about the corrupt use of tuition money in higher education. When students receive the breakdown of where their money is going to, things included are room and board, tuition, the recreation center. Nowhere does it say that the administrators will use that money for themselves or to pay coaches ridiculous salaries whether they win or lose. Where are students losing out? Does this money going towards administrators and coaches take away from student resources or is the tuition rising to compensate for the rising greed of administrators? If students are getting everything that they have paid for, then tuition could drop to just cover those areas and allow more people to afford it. If tuition as it is, still cannot cover student resources, then we need to make a new budget and stick to it to figure out where the losses are coming from. 

In relation to my first source, this second source, brings up the issue of spending and points to higher education as the real culprit of this battle between funding. It was brought up that higher ed likes to point the finger at policymakers, however, you can't blame policymakers for not giving you funds when you spend the money you have corruptly. If there was a way to set a budget saying what exactly from the tuition goes to what and what from funding from the government will be used for what.

Further Questions:
Is there a way for policymakers or judges to set limits on higher education spending. Why is there not already a limit on spending and tuition caps? Would it be possible to reverse the growth in tuition?