26% is for student instruction? Maybe taxpayer money should only go to supporting tuition and not the other 74% that turns universities into ClubMed.
Public 4-year colleges spend an average of about $40,000 per year for every full-time student, and private non-profit colleges are spending $52,000.
College prices have been soaring for decades, but only 26% of spending by public colleges is dedicated to student instruction, as is 33% for private non-profit colleges.