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 finances by accounting professor Howard Bunsis, an officer in the American Association of University professors?

He said spending on administration was a big factor in the rise of university costs.

 by the U's CFO, Richard Pfutzenreuter, who said Bunsis was presenting a misleading picture.

Pfutzenreuter essentially said Bunsis had inflated administrative spending by including categories that either weren't really administrative expenses, or were indirectly tied to instruction.

The brief exchange came up after I'd posted my story, so I covered the basic elements on Twitter:

In the last day or so I got an e-mail forwarded to me from Bill Beeman, a U professor and secretary of the local association chapter:

He wrote, "Here is Howard's response to CFO Pfutzenreiter's objections."

None of this would have changed my approach or conclusions.

Let me first report some more detail which supports the conclusion that administrative costs have increased significantly over the last several years.

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Remember last Friday’s presentation on University of Minnesota finances by accounting professor Howard Bunsis, an officer in the American Association of University professors? He said spending on administration was a big factor in the rise of university costs. He was confronted at the session by the U’s CFO, Richard Pfutzenreuter, who said Bunsis was presenting…

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