Cost of education versus tuition

To me the most interesting piece of data would be a comparison of the instructional costs vs the administrative costs and a chart of their comparative growth over the last decade or two at each college or university. Across the country, administrative positions have been multiplying while faculty positions have been shrinking (in the sense that more expensive tenure track positions are being replaced by much cheaper adjunct instructors, part and full-time lecturers on year to year contracts, etc.). This trend is, IMO, a sign of decreased value placed on undergraduate education, and I would prefer to send my child to an institution that is keeping administrative costs down and putting a higher proportion of funding into instruction and academic support.