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raven4747 t1_jci4nhk wrote

trust me when I say PSU is crooked as all hell at the top levels. 3+ years of serving in student government really left me disillusioned. there are students (and staff) that are driving themselves crazy trying to make the university better while the administrators & board of trustees could give less of a shit bc they are all making their millions.

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VenomB t1_jckfj4j wrote

I have 3 buddies who work at PSU. One is in HR and the other two are programmers in different departments. They all complain of the same things. The entire university is mismanaged, bloated, and being sucked dry by the people who refuse to accept that people working at a public university shouldn't be making millions.

Make millions in sports, make millions in tuition, ask for millions from alumni who paid tuition, then they go and build stupid-ass buildings that are art projects that end up costing more to maintain than the cost to build the stupid thing.

All 3 of them have been playing with the idea of jumping ship.

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raven4747 t1_jckftu1 wrote

I can tell you, the satellite campus I attended has lost around 10-15 established professionals over the past 5 years. it's nowhere near the same campus that it was when I attended, and everyone who is left is just exhausted from having to do the work of 3-4 people since PSU doesn't know how to post competitive job listings or actually hire qualified people.

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contagiousaresmiles t1_jckvaak wrote

This seems to be the problem with every leader or senate in this state. I quit voting over the same corrupt b.s.. how do we change this revolving problem? Something needs to be done. Us people of Pennsylvania are living on pennies, pay check to pay check. The children are not learning from the payout after payout the schools take on. Every problem Pennsylvania runs into has to do with someone holding office. It's time for a change! We can't change nothing when our electives only care about making more money for themselves and to hell with the rest. Pennsylvania needs a major change.

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SlightlyAnnoyed7 t1_jckkvwc wrote

Yeah my mom was on a ten year track for her program but then they gutted the special ed department many people there were forced to retire, including her and 4 other potential ten yeared staff. Said the dean and upper levels didn’t give a shit about gutting certain departments and leaving people without a job without a buck. She also said she’s worked for some shitty professors with track records of sexism, racism, and very poor teaching quality, and the university kept them on because of the money they brought in for research grants. Corrupt large school and I’m glad I didn’t go there.

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raven4747 t1_jcklfl4 wrote

for me, I'm happy I went there for a number of reasons, but among the most prominent is that I was able to see what this type of corruption and corporate apathy actually looks like (because spoiler alert: it is EVERYWHERE in the modern American workplace). I learned to navigate it while I was in school and that has made my work life a lot easier and less stressful tbh.

still, I would not recommend my younger family members to attend PSU by any means.

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I_DESTROY_HUMMUS t1_jcpyebe wrote

I'm happy I went there, but I will never donate to the school. And I'm not gonna try to convince people to go there

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Super_C_Complex t1_jcl0m0t wrote

You also have to figure in that the state hasn't increased funding for public schools since 2008

So call it corruption, or mismanagement. But the administration isn't bleeding the school dry. Republicans are

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raven4747 t1_jcl1920 wrote

another spoiler alert: most of the admins at that level are Republicans lol

edit to add: your statement is also blatantly false, which is easily confirmed through a quick search. PSU has a thing called Advocate Day where students go to Harrisburg and talk to the PA representatives & senators to essentially ask for more money. I attended more than once. PSU definitely gets enough money from the state, and until the administration actually shows they are spending the money in the direct interest of students, I don't think we should line their pockets with more taxpayer money..

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Super_C_Complex t1_jcl4de4 wrote

Sorry, you're right. Penn state actually gets less money from the state than it did in 2008.

https://budget.psu.edu/BotJuly/BoardDocuments%2022-23/bargraph.aspx

But sure. Let's say you have to spend less before the state properly funds a fucking state university.

This is the bullshit reason penn state is so expensive. Cuts to funding or general decrease in funding per student but then blatantly false allegations of overpaid administrators.

Bendapudi isn't making a million a year.
Buildings are necessary.
Professors are underpaid and penn state relies heavily on graduate and temporary professors because the state isn't funding it.

If, in a per student basis, Pennsylvania gave as much adjusted for inflation as it did in the 70s, tuition would be like 5k

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raven4747 t1_jcl58su wrote

President Barron did make $1.8mil during Covid. how is that not overpaid? you're a unique type of bootlicker.

edit: spelling

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Excelius t1_jcl6ovx wrote

This is the narrative that school administrators have been pushing for decades. That runaway tuition inflation is simply because politicians aren't being generous enough with taxpayer dollars.

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Super_C_Complex t1_jclk57f wrote

Because it's true.

If you look at penn states expenses, tuition has gone up directly inverse to state funding.

State funding is lower now than 15 years ago

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