Exactly, yes, there are 3-4 athletic people making good money. But Athletics is a pimple on a pigs butt in this issue. Yes, Athletics has lots of titles, but money and staffing did not come with those titles.

Athletics is the easy target, because Athletics cannot fire the professors or retaliate against their jobs. The bloated administration on top of the hill can.

Interesting read.

Funny how he still hasn't found the time to say anything about the suspensions of fraternities and the 110.

I dont think this Fun Facts "organization" was just spontaneously started by students. This was put together by AAUP.

I've said it before. Now is the time to restructure the system and make a deal with OSU. Give them their officially recognized "flagship" title, a separate funding model and some form of autonomy from the rest of the system in exchange for limiting the size of their freshman classes to 6K. Assuming the culling comes from in-state applicants, every year that would flush out over a thousand well qualified kids into the system who would gladly be welcomed at Ohio, UC, Kent and (though their hubris would never allow them to admit it) Fiami. OSU gets some things they want, and the rest of the system gets something they need.

Agreed . . . first step, make Akron the urban campus of KSU.

This cracks me up and reminds me of the periodic polls about Congress. In excess of 75% continually say Congress is a mess. When asked about their congressman, in excess of 75% say he doing a great job. What eveidence can you present that OU isn't one of the schools that should be consolidated other than being the only school in SE Ohio?

I wouldn't go quite that far but one of the leaders is the son of two of the more outspoken faculty on this issue.

BINGO! And add those salaries up

Just came back from a family Thanksgiving gathering east of Ohio. When the conversation drifted to Ohio and the number of higher education institutions, many were naturally stunned. Those in the know were mainly asking how the state can afford all of this, and also how can so many private institutions survive? After I explained the historical backdrop of the Northwest Territories, I delved into the backdrop of the kind of discussions we have on this very thread.

Change is coming to higher education and believe me the next severe economic downturn (which hopefully won't occur for 15 or 20 years) will see massive changes to higher ed, but also the sports programs associated with it. Honestly, do you really think in a boom economy the powers the be in Columbus will tell people in Youngstown and Akron, your school and economic bread & butter is no more? Akron and Youngstown could just as easily turn around and say the same about Shawnee State, Wright State, Cleveland State, Columbus State etc. There will be higher education institutions on the state chopping block, but not until the next big economic downturn and then watch the dominoes fall, both in public and private institutions. It won't stop there, on a national scale the NCAA will certainly not be he same when the day occurs.

I would imagine by 2050 many technical, engineering type programs will go toward a European direction; 2 year college classes and the most promising candidates hired by firms who will continue to train and apprentice them as their skills allow. Gone will be the days when kids get degrees in academic disciplines that employers consider under or unemployable. Student debt and practical economic matters will see to that.

I doubt this as fortune 500 and larger hiring firms don't do their own product development as much as acquire smaller companies that do it. Investment banks an consulting firms continue to recruit liberal arts majors from top universities over specialized business majors. There is also the law school route and the commissioned officer route. Very few liberal arts majors end up as career students/baristas. Some will give it 5 years and then retrain into a different field. I'm reviewing a resume of a guy who is 34, started in liberal arts, back to school for an MBA and back yet again for cybersecurity management. All that retraining he probably had to pay for himself.

Today, Miami announced the pending layoff of 40 faculty members for budget reasons. This was in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Apparently, all Ohio state schools are in trouble financially.