helathcare costs

During his State of the Union address, President Obama spent more time talking about education than about healthcare, which he mentioned only passing. The two are connected, though, as a response from Dean Dad at Confessions of a Community College Dean reminds us: In reference to yesterday's post about cost (among other things), a commenter asked how I could assert ever-rising costs for colleges in the face of flat salaries for faculty. That's an easy one. Costs include much more than salaries. The elephant in the room for any discussion of labor costs is health insurance. When the cost of…