{"id":12879,"date":"2020-02-04T19:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T00:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=12879"},"modified":"2020-02-05T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T22:09:40","slug":"why-doesnt-bc-put-more-money-into-%e2%86%91-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/02\/04\/why-doesnt-bc-put-more-money-into-%e2%86%91-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Why doesn&#8217;t BC put more money into \u2191 support &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AW02052020-24-e1580860362504.jpeg\" alt=\"Why doesn't BC put more money into \u2191 support and resources for students ex(office of Dis Services or counselling services) when the waste millions on the field house?\" class=\"wp-image-12822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AW02052020-24-e1580860362504.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AW02052020-24-e1580860362504-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AW02052020-24-e1580860362504-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AW02052020-24-e1580860362504-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Why doesn&#8217;t BC put more money into \u2191 support and resources for students ex(office of Dis Services or counselling services) when the waste millions on the field house?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I understand your frustration; student services are overburdened. BC has been directing more resources over the years towards support resources for students, from roughly $32 million in 1994 to $65 million in 2019. (Look at the numbers: bit.ly\/BC-finances). Simultaneously, a nationwide trend of students needing more support means all colleges are having a hard time keeping up. Though a comparison with $ for new sports facilities seems apt, funds for new buildings come from a completely different pot of money: capital campaigns via donations from alumni, which also funded the new Recreation Center, and the new Schiller institute building going up next to the statue of St. Ignatius. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand your frustration; student services are overburdened. BC has been directing more resources over the years towards support resources for students, from roughly $32 million in 1994 to $65 million in 2019. (Look at the numbers: bit.ly\/BC-finances). Simultaneously, a nationwide trend of students needing more support means all colleges are having a hard time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/02\/04\/why-doesnt-bc-put-more-money-into-%e2%86%91-support\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t BC put more money into \u2191 support &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12908,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12879\/revisions\/12908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}