Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Some thoughts on funding education (or at least saving some money to reduce budget cuts)

Point 1... Recently I worked on a group project analyzing ways in which to "green up" a company. What we found is that almost all of our proposed ideas would actually save the commpany money.

Point 2... I constantly hear professors at the university I attend complain about budget cuts, small budgets for marketing their programs, and many other things.

Point 3... 2 + 2 = 5... They are wasting money in so many areas it is rediculous. To me it is the same as burnig money and then complaining because you lack the funds to feed yourself. What to do??? Rationality says quite burning the money and buy some food. What do we do???  A friend of mine is actually working on this subject and after seeing what we had done on our group project asked me to help her prepare suggestions backed up by numbers and present them with her to the university's VP of finance. I don't know where this all will lead but I will keep you posted.

Thinking about this after running some numbers, I began to see just how much money is wasted. If all universities across the US and for that matter, the world became more efficient we would not only help our environment but we would help our budget problems too!

Keep reading as I will keep you posted in the months to come.....

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