Universities started transforming themselves into resorts around 1990. I got to watch a lot of the transformation. That's what loans "buy".
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Crystal palace athletics centers with climbing walls and juice bars. Health centers that look like shopping malls (same architects).
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And, of course, dorms like hotels. Sometimes they just put up students in actual hotels!
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@St_Rev student borrowing as a % of total revenue almost doubled in 10 years at public state schoolspic.twitter.com/P7AOl5XxPy
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@sarahdoingthing 8% increase doesn't seem that big but % of total revenue may be wrong benchmark. Contribution to gross revenues?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Suspect there's a multiplier effect--influence on 'discretionary' expansion much bigger? Don't have the macro chops tho.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Even the change between 80s and 90s was pretty drastic, though.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Bbe surprised if total revenue wasn't exploding. Hilarious if tuition grows faster than loans, BC loans.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing "The patient's getting worse! Quick, more snake venom!!!"1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
@sarahdoingthing Was teaching at a Florida university in early 90s. At one point we had to pay for our own chalk, same time as building boom
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing FSU under T.K. Wetherell had new construction out the ass as the older buildings were allowed to crumble.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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