Originally Posted by
CChandler
At least in our case (a group of about ~8 PhD students), we are not funded from the University. We are funded from the outside via substantial grant work with DOD, DOE, and the NSF. Professor salary, student stiped, tuition, etc...its all externally funded.
I am not sure Tech's PhD programs would survive if everything were funded solely through the university. There simply isn't an emphasis from the administration put on growing endowments there. These professors are strongly encouraged to, and basically have to, seek three-letter type funding.
In the mythical world where I become school president tomorrow, my number one and two priorities are growing endowments and increasing the number of American graduate students, and everything else falls far, far below those two.
Well, except for getting that f'n railroad bridge painted, but you get the idea.