amenacingballsack t1_jd9yfus wrote on March 22, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Reply to comment by FiveNations54 in Penn State, PSU, Temple and Lincoln say a tuition hike is needed, even with a 7% increase in state funding by Mrstucco

Can't forget about building a new sports facility that 80% of the student body doesn't give two shits about while most of your dorms still don't have fucking air conditioning

Brucenotsomighty t1_jdaaulr wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:22 PM

"it's part of the dorm experience!"

amenacingballsack t1_jdaedd4 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 11:46 PM

"The RA will be a dick for no reason because bonding!"

OldCoaly t1_jdax4mj wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:02 AM

The funding for those facilities at PSU is separate from the academic side of the school. Money from athletics supports the school, not the other way around. Money donated for athletic facilities has to go to those facilities. It’s a condition of the donation usually.

Should more donors donate to the academic programs? Definitely. But I don’t like the impression that money that would otherwise go to academics goes to sports because it’s not true. At least not for PSU.

mattyoclock t1_jdbitfy wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Yes and no. The athletics pay the loan payments on the facilities, but they are gauranteed by the university. So as long as penn state football makes enough money, they pay it. But if for some reason they didn't, the college is on the hook.

Additionally a fair bit of coaching salary comes from the academics as well.

OldCoaly t1_jdkeefe wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:55 AM

As if Penn State athletics won’t make a net profit. COVID was the only reason they recently went negative and the media rights deals recently made will come with a massive increase in money.

Could you provide a source on the coaching money coming from academics?

SamHandwich124 t1_jddeicn wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:25 PM

The university I graduated from constantly asks for alumni donations and cries broke while building new gyms and workout facilities. I can’t have sympathy for businesses that constantly ask for handouts to mitigate their own mismanagement.