College Athletics Are Stealing Your Future • The Student Debt Crisis • BRAVE NEW FILMS
Tucked away in your or your child's college tuition bill are massive fees for the athletic department. Higher Ed has been placing the burden on students, closing academic programs left and...
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Colleges spend more money on their athletes than on academics -but what's surprising ishow much more.College costs have skyrocketed.The average college student graduating this last year had $27,900 dollars in student loan debt.The largest fee the academic students are paying goes to the athletics department.They have cancelled 17 of their academic programs.But, they have retained their sports program.Utah State University loses money on athletics.They spent $25 million dollars on athletics last year, and earned about $11 million.The other $14 million came from students and taxpayers.Money had to come from somewhere. I didn't know it all came from us.At Kent State, student fees accounted for 54% of the Athletics department's $19 million budget.At t...
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Colleges spend more money on their athletes than on academics -but what's surprising ishow much more.College costs have skyrocketed.The average college student graduating this last year had $27,900 dollars in student loan debt.The largest fee the academic students are paying goes to the athletics department.They have cancelled 17 of their academic programs.But, they have retained their sports program.Utah State University loses money on athletics.They spent $25 million dollars on athletics last year, and earned about $11 million.The other $14 million came from students and taxpayers.Money had to come from somewhere. I didn't know it all came from us.At Kent State, student fees accounted for 54% of the Athletics department's $19 million budget.At t...
