Blog 4: Past and Present

One debate that is currently being discussed, and has been discussed in the past few months is whether or not President McDavis should receive a pay raise. At first glance, myself along with many other students took an obvious negative stance on this issue at hand. Our first thoughts included, where is this money going to come from and what has he done to deserve more of our money?! I wouldn’t say all students, but most students know that Ohio University is one of the most expensive schools in Ohio, second to be exact. So by coming to this school you should know that you are getting a good education. So if there is a hike in tuition, why don’t students have the same mentality and just keep paying for their good education? But what happens when the education does not meet the standard for the amount of money we pay? Is this why students are against the hike in cost?

If we know we are paying for this great education then why is a little tuition hike a problem? Our sports teams are performing better now and this is most likely what the tuition hike is going to go to but how do we know for sure? Is there anyone that actually informs the students exactly where this money is going and why we are paying it? To my knowledge, there is not, which makes me either oblivious or makes the University’s efforts not good enough.

                                             

In the midst of tuition hikes, President McDavis then asks for a raise. How does he think we will respond to this request? He can’t possibly think that we won’t care where our money is going. One problem that the students see through this raise proposition is that President McDavis is an invisible man. I guarantee that some students don’t even know who McDavis is but yet he is going to get more of our money.  With all the arguments set aside, let’s take a look at some key figures salary. In terms of salary, President Roderick McDavis gets paid more money than the Chancellor of Germany, the Prime Minister of Canada, the President of France, and even gets paid more than the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama himself. In simple terms, does the president of Ohio University accomplish more than the chancellor, prime minister, or president of thriving nations? I think not.