If professors are making 250K / year, and the average course load per student is 4 courses, the class size is twenty, and each professor teaches two class sections per semester, student tuition would be $25K.
Professors make much less, course sizes are much larger, and tuition is at least double my estimate.
My conclusion? Professors with teaching positions should unionize or just found separate, low overhead universities that are optimized to provide higher education.
Students aren't going to BU for the professors and the administration knows that. Most are just their to get the piece of paper from a prestigious institution.
If professors are making 250K / year, and the average course load per student is 4 courses, the class size is twenty, and each professor teaches two class sections per semester, student tuition would be $25K.
Professors make much less, course sizes are much larger, and tuition is at least double my estimate.
My conclusion? Professors with teaching positions should unionize or just found separate, low overhead universities that are optimized to provide higher education.