University Protests and the Real Reason Tuition is Rising

Student protests have been occurring in universities across the nation for an array of reasons, which reflect the overall shortcomings of an education system that is given lower priority than the prison system, but chief among these is tuition hikes. California schools have been the worst hit by rising tuition, and we examined UC occupy movements and demonstrations in class. While there is no single reason tuition is rising so much, people usually point to lack of government funding for schools being the main reason, compounded by inflation, higher enrollment, construction of new buildings, and outright corruption. I recently found an interesting article that points to something else as being the primary reason for tuition increases: administration. According to the New York Times, the real reason college is becoming so expensive is a massive increase in both the number and salaries of administrator positions. Administration positions have increased at ten times the rate of faculty positions, while seven figure salaries have become commonplace for top administrators. This is especially pertinent information given the fact that one of the major difficulties in protests is finding the people actually responsible to direct your vitriol at, but it seems that it is the administration as a whole that students should be targeting. As this information spreads, we can hopefully expect the rallying cry of student protests to become "Slash Administration!" The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much