<p>Moravecglobal, SHUT THE ***KK UP u dont know what ur talking about</p>
<p>first of all, 3 mil for a consulting project for Bain of this magnitude is NOT out of the ordinary. people at bain are professionals, they have the best minds to do CONSULTING, which is collecting data, analyzing options, and coming up with an economic proposal to solve institutional problems. </p>
<p>3 mil is a tiny percentage for a project that affects hundreds of millions, if not more. top management at fortune 500 companies sign consulting firms for a couple mil with no hesitation. do you think top management at microsoft lack the brainpower to solve these problems? NO, but that would be an inefficient use of resources.</p>
<p>also, please stop giving Birgeneau **** on his salary. lets just say we cut his salary by 400k. we have 40k students on campus, we each save $5 per semester on tuition. WOW!!</p>
<p>now lets see what we’re paying for in the 500k. UCB is one the the biggest, most complicated, and BEST universities in the world. it takes TOP TOP TOP management skills to run an institution like this. the chancellor’s skills required can easily be compared to that of CEOs at big companies, plus he has to deal with politicians working for a state school. now supply meets demand. would you want to have everyone pitch in $5 so we can have good leadership? or do u want to get that mba dude from cal state fullerton for 60k a year?</p>
<p>the fact that you blamed berkeley management for what happened is the MOST ignorant. california economy is in the shhits, and everything is getting affected. u sound like political activists: blame bush for what happend to the economy, not those guys on wallst, and throw in the next party. Birgeneau is doing his job, with the support of berkeley’s administration, to the best of his abilities, while taking a load of crap from students who think they know better. at least for that i respect the man and support him.</p>