How Does FIU Spend Its Money? Part II

In 2004 and 2007 we produced reports analyzing budgetary and personnel changes at Florida International University in the years immediately preceding those reports. Those reports revealed that Florida International University had been shifting personnel and resources away from the faculty who do the teaching, research and service that constitute the university’s mission and toward administrative functions. The university had been increasing both the numbers and total salaries of administrators at a much more rapid rate than for faculty. Student tuition and fees were being diverted away from the personnel who directly serve students through teaching, research and service activities and toward administrative overhead. This report updates those earlier ones to the 2008-09 academic year. We examine the same questions and note trends in the most recent period.

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