January 27, 2006

7 Ways Colleges Can Cut Costs in Their Classrooms

By WILLIAM D. COPLIN

Faculty salaries and support for professors' staff, equipment, and sabbaticals are among the key cost drivers of any higher-education institution. But college administrators are hesitant to confront faculty members, who, as they defend their turf, often charge that cutting costs will damage the quality of education that they provide. At a national summit on college costs that the Lumina Foundation sponsored last fall, few of the speakers acknowledged faculty expenses for what they are: the

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