By: Anon.

Anon.
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 03:15:13 +0000

Ernie,
I imagine faculty, especially in the Humanities, are largely scrambling to stay afloat, given the slashing of budgets over the past few years. Some departments have seen roughly 25% of their operating budgets cut by the corporate overlords, which makes the article’s line about “declining interest in the college” pretty amusing. Cut budgets lead to fewer classes being offered, which for the powers-that-be means declining interest. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy! Remember, certain high-ranking administrators here have been openly contemptuous of the College of Arts & Humanities, hence a rapidly disintegrating morale and exodus away from OSU.

As for the tuition and board increases, I find it ridiculous that students will be paying, in 10 years, $20K to live in the dorms, on top of the probable $12-15K for tuition and fees. But the business wonks running this joint don’t see them as anything but walking ATM’s anyway, or their parents at least. The new motto at OSU seems to be “get them here and soak them as best you can,” ignoring their basic education in the process (ever listen to the tours given by Student Life? Not a single mention of academics, but lots about free shows, RPAC, and the campus proximity to the Short North). OSU has become a very misguided waste of real estate in many ways. I won’t be sending my own kids here when they’re old enough for college.