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Kennesaw State pumped nearly $42 million of students fees into sports

Kennesaw State University second baseman Kevin Baldwin (2) receives congratulations from teammates after scoring during a game against Augusta State. KSU pumped about $42 million of student fees into its athletic programs to keep them going between 2011 and 2014. (AJC Staff Photo/Bob Giles)
Kennesaw State University second baseman Kevin Baldwin (2) receives congratulations from teammates after scoring during a game against Augusta State. KSU pumped about $42 million of student fees into its athletic programs to keep them going between 2011 and 2014. (AJC Staff Photo/Bob Giles)
By Christopher Quinn
Nov 16, 2015

In the past five years, public universities pumped more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies into their sports programs, according to an examination by The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Huffington Post.

That includes Georgia State University, which has pumped $90 million in student fees into sports and Kennesaw State, which has put about $42 million of students fees into its sports programs in the last five years.

You can read the report here and track the money spent at KSU and other Georgia universities.

You can also read more about it on Maureen Downey's blog on myajc.com.

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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.

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