why is university seeming to beecome more and more of a buisness?

Question

schools are sponsord by pepsi or coke,
drink prices, food prices, are inflated,
you have to pay for parking regardless of your buisness there
even if youve payed thousands its not good enough,
theres bars and cafes on the campasses,
it seems to me like a life simulation or a day care

Answer 1

With smaller amounts of money being contributed to post secondary education, universities are turning to other ways of generating funds. These schools are not in the business of turning a profit, and many run in a deficit position. Staff and faculties are unionized, driving up labour costs. New construction costs ( for upgrades or new facitlities that are demanded by students) are going throught the roof. day to day costs such as utilities are ever increasing, as well as the price of gas (which drives up the cost to the university) Recrutiment of the best faculty has driven up their salaries due to high demand. If Coke wants to donate $1M to a school in exchange for exclusive contracts, so be it.

The other factor in the equation is the demand by the students/customers for branded operations. Students are demanding Starbucks, Quiznos and Pizza Hut. In my university, there is a student run coffee place next to our Tim Hortons. The Tim Hortons does 10x the business....student demand...

Answer 2

Most states have drastically reduced the percentage of their university systems that they will fund, so the money needs to come from somewhere, and with limits on what people will pay for tuition, they are looking at other sources. Also, the cost of running a university has increased dramatically - technology (no one teaches with a blackboard and chalk any more), research funding, travel, benefits, insurance, etc. Plus students today are not satisfied with what was fine a few decades ago. You MUST have a state-of-the-art fitness center, many food service options, dorms which look like luxury apartments, etc.

Answer 3

With the present washington dc mentality "whatever is good for business is good for the country" all sorts of institutions are giving jobs to buisness school graduates that can't find work in business. They run schools like factories and lo and behold! campuses begin to look like strip malls.

Answer 4

Because universities and colleges are out for the money! I am in the hole via finanical aid...student loans over $100,000-both undergraduate and graduate. Yippee skippy...I am working as a substitute teacher.

Answer 5

Schools need money for support (it's expensive to enroll students and to maintain a school). Everything is a business when you think about it. Even church is a business (don't get me wrong; I'm religious but I didn't really think about it until my friend pointed it out to me).

Answer 6

Well, modern univiersities have a little conction with the original scholastic entities created on the XVIII century. I agree, they have become a business.

Answer 7

When universities lowered their standards in many disciplines and broadened their base, they became a money making enterprise.

Answer 8

yup........every little thing is this world is all about business

Answer 9

because they ARE!!!