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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3959246, member: 153"] 25 years ago these schools moved to 403bs and away from pensions. So there is no pension problem here. UConn's high price tag is likely result of low research grants + small endowment, which doesn't help them alleviate the falling state subsidy (tax support). Don't look at tuition, look at expenditures / FTEs (Full-Time Equivalents [ie. students]). That will tell you what UConn is spending. But why even discuss this, the UConn Budget isn't a mystery: REVENUES State Appropriation: $190.6 Student Tuition & Fees: $739.5 Gifts, Grants & Contracts: $212.4 Sales/Services - Auxiliary Enterprises $29.0 Sales/Services - Educational $21.5 All Other Revenues $18.3 Total $1,367.5 EXPENDITURES Academic Services $617.5 Research Services $94.6 Student Services $452.9 Operating, Support & Physical Plant Services $202.5 Total $1,367.5 With $190m appropriated by the state for UConn's subsidy, and 32,000 FTEs, it means the state taxpayer supports each UConn student with approximately $6000. Compare this to what you pay per kindergartner! You pay 3x as much for each 5 year old. According to this study ([URL]https://sheeomain.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SHEEO_SHEF_FY18_Report.pdf[/URL]) the national average is $7800 for each student in Higher Ed. which is 11.2% lower in real dollars than it was in 2008. I imagine it has to be even lower now. [/QUOTE]