Tuition and fees, along with various other costs, have ballooned at every campus in every state – at both private and public universities – and the growth shows no signs of slowing down. For some reason, on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal decided to single out Auburn University and its finances and financial decisions to illustrate this nationwide reality. Auburn’s expenditures on campus construction, expanding faculty and adding additional, more modern student housing were presented by the Journal as both elitist and also an example of opulent spending by college administrators nationwide. In both regards, Auburn University ranks as one of the best in the nation. The fact is Auburn University has done nothing substantially different to grow its student population and better its academic standing than any other university in America.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 29, 2023 13:58 UTC