Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Grad school tuition is quite a bit higher.

My alma mater was private and cost about $43000 a year (averaged over the 4 years I was there, total cost of attendance). (I justify the cost by saying I would have gone absolutely insane at Ohio State.) Some of that was taken care of by scholarships, though.

Speaking of athletics, my current institution just built/is in the process of completing a sports complex, while cutting faculty and staff positions. I know someone gave a bunch of money for this, but why not use it for educational purposes? It's not like this place is an athletic powerhouse!
Usually, university money is just like government money, actually for state universities, it is government money! Anyway, it's because the money is earmarked either by a vote or by a donor; so they use it for what it is earmarked for; not what might be in the best interest.