Re: Thank You From The UW Geological Museum

[Erik Boehm <erikboehm07@yahoo.com>]

> How about eliminating a few sports
> scholarships
> and get back to the business of education?

European colleges don't have sports teams and scholarships like in the US.

Have you looked at the tuition fees for Swiss schools?
689 francs for a semester for an undergrad, +100 if you are a foreigner at 
Universität Zürich (Similar fees for ETH Zürich, U Bern, Basel, etc)
Meanwhile a year's tuition at a UC will cost over $10,000, and another $10,000 
if you are from out of state.

The US education system, as with many systems in the US, does not have its 
priorities straight.
Realizing this was the primary reason I decided to look abroad for further 
schooling (and now I'm doing a Masters in Genetics at UZh)

However I have heard the argument that sporting events bring revenue for the 
Universities, essentially taking the profits of an NFL like organization and 
diverting them to academics.
I've never seen any actual numbers, so I must wonder, how much does the 
University lose on these sport scholarships, and how much does it make from its 
sporting events.
I suspect the sporting events are break even, or even negative when one 
considers the huge sums of money spent periodically on new/refurbished 
stadiums. Thus they probably don't offset the scholarship cost even slightly. 
-But I have no data to back up this assertion.



--- On Mon, 9/14/09, B tH <soylentgreenistrex@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: B tH <soylentgreenistrex@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Thank You From The UW Geological Museum
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 10:57 AM
> How about eliminating a few sports
> scholarships
> and get back to the business of education?
> Athletic programs are 'fun' and no doubt vital to colleges,
> but to sacrifice something so much more important to a
> couple more quit-after-2-yrs-to-go-pro's is crazy.
> 
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> --- On Mon, 9/14/09, Brent Breithaupt <uwgeoms@uwyo.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > As for the UW Geological Museum, the University is
> > exploring ways to fund an
m.
> Please
> > provide the new museum and all those associated with
> it your
> > support.
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