Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-18


tutions in New Mexico was $645.54,
or a difference of $43319 per stu
dent in favor of the separate in
stitutions in New Mexico, compared
with the consolidated one in Arr
IONA. Arizona does not seem to
nave escaped tbs responsibility and
cost Of educating its young people
by consolidation.
Figures at Nevada University.
Similar. conclusions are to be
drawn from figures presented by
the University of Nevada. The last
biennial report of that institution
shows gross expenditures, when
board and room are deducted of
s832,307 for two years ending No
vember 80, 1920, The total enroll
ment during the two years was 938.
This gives a gross expenditure of
ISSS732 per student. The UniHer-
sity of Nevada is another CONSOLE
dated institution Furthermore,
the reports of eighteen consolidated
universities, compared with the
reports Of seventeen separtcd agri-
cultural colleges give similar re-
suits. The expenditure per stu
dent is higher in the consolidated
| institutions than in the separated
ones; which will be shown further
| on.
THE gross expenditure per stu
dent however, is not a fair meas
ure of the cost of education, as
| these institutions are performing
service for the people out in the
state. The New Mexico college OF
agriculture and mechanical arts
maintains a force of forty-tiVe
workers who spend all their time
| in service out in the state, and an
other large force devotes over half
its time to research on agricultural
/ problems. The cost of this eX-
tension and research work for the
wear ending November 80, 1919,
was $151,S54.32.
"Deducting this from the total
of $3.50, S07.43 for the three New
Mexico institutions leaves the sum
| of $403,95211 as the maximum
amount that could possibly be
charged to education in these insti-
tutions. But it is not customary to
charge buildings to the cost of ed
lucation in any one year, and build
ings are always eliminated by the
United States bureau of education
from its reports of the cost of ed
ucation in the land-grant colleges
| The three institutions spent for
buildings a total of $S1,S52.l4.
Eliminating this amount from the
total of $4O3,952.11 leaves $922,-
099.97 as the net cost of educating
SCI students. or $375.26 per stu
dent. Similar figures covering two
years in the University of Nevada
are $593,951 for 93S students, or
| $633.21 per student
Other Corporation Figures.
similar figures for the New
| Mexico A. & M. college for the
same two years are 1921, 553,47 for
| $50 students, or $32796 per stud
ent. Che cost OF education in the
| New Mexico A. & NJ. college for
+ the year ending November 80.
1920, was $155,386.65 for sol stud.
ents, or $310.05 per student. The
| United States bureau of education
gives similar figures for the Uni
versity of Arizona for the same
year as $604,269 for 1,139 students
eliminating correspondence stud
ents and those enrolled in short
course of only one week., which is
a cost of $530.53 per student Sim
| liar figures for the University Of
| Nevada for the same year are
$335,765 for 567 students, or
$592.1S per student. 1t seems that
the two sister states to the west of
us have not been able to reduce
the cost of education by consolda-
ton. On the contrary, they are
paying nearly double the amount
paid per student in New Mexico in
| it's three separated institutions.
"a recent mimeographed report
sent out by the United States bu-
reau of education gives the net cost
i of education and the total enroll
ment of students in all the land
grant colleges, for the year ending
June 80, 1920. This report shows
| that the net cost of education in
eighteen consolidated universities
is $21, 441,7S0 for 59,714 students,
or $359.O7 per student. The net
cost of education in seventeen sep
arated agricultural colleges was
S1C,040,233 for 29,722 students, or
$337.80 per student. Thus it isl