… in the Minneapolis Star Tribune notes that the most charitable description of what’s been going on at the clubby University of Minnesota medical school would be “bizarre.”
Thursday, November 11, 2010
This Is About More Than Football
From a paid advertisement in today's Daily:
THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN FOOTBALL
Over the last five years, the Athletic Department has cost the University MORE THAN $26 MILLION in subsidies and deficits.
With the University's budget under tremendous pressure, with a legislative request for $1.2 BILLION for the next 2 years and with EVER HIGHER TUITION BILLS, this is money we can put to better use elsewhere on campus.
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This is so frustrating. If the picture is true, they spent enough in buyouts to keep my program running for the next 25 years. Unlike football, we do community engagement that is relevant to solving community identified issues and raise all of our own money. All of the claptrap about football being engagement is just that.
In my experience there are two things that people want from the University. The first is a good affordable education for their kids. The second is assistance, whether through research or engagement, addressing important problems. If what the University is doing is not making the lives of people in the State of Minnesota better, we have failed. If the football team wins or loses it makes no difference to the quality of life in Minnesota at all.
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