Cuts in funding – not salaries – are at heart of college budget problems
A recent op-ed by Sen. Mike Carrell rightly voiced concerns about rising costs facing students in Washington’s institutions of higher education. Unfortunately, Carrell diagnosed the problem as primarily driven by rising salaries and admini-strative costs.
Make no mistake – the state needs to do all it can to reduce unnecessary costs. And none of us has an appetite for large bonuses when many of us are just trying to make ends meet.
But let’s look at the facts.