Private Flights Rankle Lawmakers - Greg Toppo, Inside Higher Ed

As public university budgets come under increasing scrutiny, a handful of institutions are giving new meaning to the term "flying coach." They're actually flying coaches, coaching staffs and sometimes coaches' families around the nation in taxpayer-subsidized airplanes. In other cases, the luxury seats are filled by top university officials on fund-raising trips that, universities say, more than pay for the flights. Facing the need to cut $20 million from its budget, the University of Kansas is considering a plan to end direct public funding for its jet. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/05/university-private-jets-may-be-practical-are-they-worth-optics