I agree with this article that there is far too many Associate Vice Provosts and whatever other countless administrators ballooning university budgets these days that are jacking up tuition costs but it veers into right-wing identity based political talking points territory very quickly.
I also naively believe the amount of government funded loans are like a function mapping to the growth of tuition. Ever since they introduced these guaranteed loans universities became enormous structures filled with political appointees that enjoy travel and free campus housing benefits that don't exist in private industry. This wouldn't be so bad if they gave something back, such as creative commons textbooks or openly available recorded lectures but here these are tightly controlled behind paywalls despite the bulk of our tax dollars subsidizing these schools. Oddly enough I've found US ivy league schools or MIT the only instutions worldwide most likely to give away their full curriculums. Meanwhile my taxpayer stealing mega campus located beside me wouldn't even let any of us plebs use their library let alone offer us a lecture in say, linear algebra.
I also naively believe the amount of government funded loans are like a function mapping to the growth of tuition. Ever since they introduced these guaranteed loans universities became enormous structures filled with political appointees that enjoy travel and free campus housing benefits that don't exist in private industry. This wouldn't be so bad if they gave something back, such as creative commons textbooks or openly available recorded lectures but here these are tightly controlled behind paywalls despite the bulk of our tax dollars subsidizing these schools. Oddly enough I've found US ivy league schools or MIT the only instutions worldwide most likely to give away their full curriculums. Meanwhile my taxpayer stealing mega campus located beside me wouldn't even let any of us plebs use their library let alone offer us a lecture in say, linear algebra.