Is the NY Times right that college in the US is so expensive because of an increase in administrative personnel?

A2A. No, Mr. Campos has it exactly backwards, at least for public institutions of higher education.

Over the past few decades, most states have cut the amount they pay to support public colleges and universities. Having lost a major source of funding, the colleges and universities had to find a replacement. The only other major sources for funding teaching (as opposed to research) costs are tuition and donations. Most institutions do not raise much from donations, so tuition had to rise to support the cost of continuing to teach classes.

The book titled "Why does college cost so much?"  gives a thorough discussion of the issues, including how financial aid factors in. http://ift.tt/2eeJgCe-Does-C...

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