The Welfare Queens That Run Our Universities

Frank Bruni has a very good column on the pay packages of presidents at universities around the country. Bruni points out that many make well over a million dollars a year and some of them make several million a year, when their pension is included.

One aspect to this issue that Bruni neglects to mention is that these pay packages come largely at the public's expense. In the case of public universities, the school are largely financed with public funds, so the taxpayer involvement is quite di...