tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post6291906188924924064..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Failing Bargaining 101Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-38988819281373989802012-05-04T11:42:40.738-04:002012-05-04T11:42:40.738-04:00I am often shocked at the extent to which various ...I am often shocked at the extent to which various groups - students especially, but also far too many faculty/staff/administrators - don't really understand the business model of universities. I think it comes in part from many universities having "black hole" budget models - all revenue goes to the center, where it is doled out by a super-secret process that nobody outside the inner circle understands. This gives rise to the pervasive myth that money in universities grows on trees, as opposed to where it comes from in real businesses - through revenue streams from the outside. That so many people believe this causes all sorts of problems - as the students in Quebec are demonstrating in spadesR. William Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228717107253041752noreply@blogger.com