Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 17, 2014

No… you’re here to indoctrinate the paying borrowing customers in the mantra of consume! consume! consume some more! The Almighty Market will take care of itself! etc. etc.Let the Free-Market Rant commence…

So the corporate funding is considered a mistake not to be repeated? Isn’t that what Sallie Mae does, supply corporate funds to schools in the guise of Student Loans?

Corporate funding was always a part of the way that colleges survived. It’s become a larger part of the picture since the US government and state governments have cut back so much on funding. See also: rich alums and football programs…

Can’t see what the problem is …

Rule 1A: Allow your football players to break any laws they want and turn a blind eye because sponsors love supporting the team.

Sometime along the way students were forgotten and good intentions were eliminated. Education? What is that? We have a business to run….

The inspiration for today’s comic:

http://fcir.org/2014/09/19/koch-foundation-proposal-to-fsu-teach-our-curriculum-get-millions/

Reality vs. expectations…… or truth vs. dogma…. it never ends?

He’s referring to trickle-down economics. A myth perpetuated by the wealthy which has never been historically proven to work.

Rule 1: TANSTAAFLMy friend learned that in college, studying accounting (she’s a CPA now). I saw the note in the margin of her textbook and recited it: I learned it from R.A. Heinlein. I spent $1.95 for my lesson, and was entertained in the bargain. Another economics lesson.

A lot of people seem to have forgotten just how bad a Communist government can be for everyone.

Sickening as it is, as Wiley pointed out that’s how colleges earn the most money. And it’s not the corporations fault; it’s us, the sheeple who revere athletes like living gods.

.Better not rock the boat, professor. The chairs stuffed with corporate bribes—er, “lobby funds” can cancel your tenure if they get wind of actual, honest teaching being done.

I owe my soul to the Company school.

But if the university is maximizing profits for their shareholders, shouldn’t we be asking what shareholders?

@ mfrasca: FSU should have told the Kochfiends to stuff their offer where the Florida sunshine don’t shine — then again, this is Florida we’re talking about…

According to CAE stats, total private donations account for 6.5% of total univ expenses. Corp donations account for 17% of private donations, or 1% of total univ expenses.Research funding is: 60% from feds, 7% from states, and just 6% from industry/corps. Assuming universities do the biding of their financial masters, to whom will they be listening? The caption should read: "Which part of ’don’t do anything that will kill our GOVERNMENT funding’ didn’t you understand?