tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859932972602672224.post3821310648475099773..comments2024-03-27T20:47:44.536-06:00Comments on Random Thoughts by Mark Milliorn: Brand This!Mark Milliornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13604793462527896688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859932972602672224.post-82425087745277495122013-06-11T09:07:05.754-06:002013-06-11T09:07:05.754-06:00Well, let's do the math. Since the tenured pr...Well, let's do the math. Since the tenured professors are already teaching a full load, let's say we used the $4.5 million transferred annually from academics to football to hire adjunct professors. The average adjunct makes about $4500 per class. Figuring that the administration would absorb half that amount in overhead, that still leaves us with 500 classes per year.<br /><br />Since each class has an average of 30 students, and each student pays $271.40 per credit hour, that works out to $10,863,00 in lost tuition. Of course, this doesn't include book store revenue, fees, and the assorted recouped cost from cafeterias, snacks stores, etc.<br /><br />So, losing the $4.5 million means we have many millions more squandered in lost tuition. The students lose the benefit of a wider selection of classes. The adjunct lose the chance of employment.<br /><br />And, of course, all of New Mexico loses the benefit of educated students.<br /><br />There is a hell of a lot more than one way to lose at football.Mark Milliornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604793462527896688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859932972602672224.post-3569341381762369872013-06-10T18:31:26.721-06:002013-06-10T18:31:26.721-06:00Wonder what the cost per football victory in New M...Wonder what the cost per football victory in New Mexico has been - just considering the head coach's salary for UNM and NMSU - for the last two to five years.<br /><br />Quite expensive I would think. We could probably hire quite a few academic professors at each university.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com