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CatholicU to slash budget 20%, cites decline in law school
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:37 pm
by timbs4339
revenues.
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I didn't do so good at the maths. Someone please tell me how a decline in revenue from 10% of the student body results in a need to cut 20% overall operational expenditures?
Re: CatholicU to slash budget 20%, cites decline in law school
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:40 pm
by MKC
timbs4339 wrote:revenues.
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I didn't do so good at the maths. Someone please tell me how a decline in revenue from 10% of the student body results in a need to cut 20% overall operational expenditures?
Fixed costs vs. Operational Costs.
Operational costs are being cut by 20%. If fixed costs are half the budget, and revenues drop 10%, then variable (operational) costs must be cut by 20%. Yay math.
Re: CatholicU to slash budget 20%, cites decline in law school
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:44 pm
by timbs4339
MarkinKansasCity wrote:timbs4339 wrote:revenues.
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I didn't do so good at the maths. Someone please tell me how a decline in revenue from 10% of the student body results in a need to cut 20% overall operational expenditures?
Fixed costs vs. Operational Costs.
Operational costs are being cut by 20%. If fixed costs are half the budget, and revenues drop 10%, then variable (operational) costs must be cut by 20%. Yay math.
It's not like there are going to be zero paying law students, though. Revenue from the law school then must be much higher than 10% of the budget.
Re: CatholicU to slash budget 20%, cites decline in law school
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:47 pm
by MKC
timbs4339 wrote:MarkinKansasCity wrote:timbs4339 wrote:revenues.
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I didn't do so good at the maths. Someone please tell me how a decline in revenue from 10% of the student body results in a need to cut 20% overall operational expenditures?
Fixed costs vs. Operational Costs.
Operational costs are being cut by 20%. If fixed costs are half the budget, and revenues drop 10%, then variable (operational) costs must be cut by 20%. Yay math.
It's not like there are going to be zero paying law students, though. Revenue from the law school then must be much higher than 10% of the budget.
Or fixed costs are most of the budget. Schools have a shitload of infrastructure to maintain. Buildings, utilities, and maintenance are non-negotiable. That leaves operations. The proportions may change, but I still think this is a fixed/variable cost issue as far as reconciling the numbers goes.
Re: CatholicU to slash budget 20%, cites decline in law school
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:32 pm
by Pokemon
timbs4339 wrote:revenues.
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I didn't do so good at the maths. Someone please tell me how a decline in revenue from 10% of the student body results in a need to cut 20% overall operational expenditures?
Hopefully this will not affect the educational quality of CatholicU.