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And with increased emphasis on academic spending, the Athletic Boosters group voiced concern that extracurricular activities were bearing the brunt of the cuts.
At institutions competing in the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision, the report found, median athletic spending per athlete was $92,000 in 2010, compared with median academic spending per full-time student of less than $14,000.
Between 2005 and 2010, on a per-capita basis, the report found, athletic costs increased at least twice as fast as academic spending at institutions with top-tier athletic programs.
The report makes its case by representing academic spending as a percentage of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
NSF officials who work with the data say that their academic spending numbers don't actually line up with GDP figures, and their reports don't link the two.
At the same time, the recession that hit in 2008 lowered GDP and, as a result, likely pushed up the academic spending percentage for 2009 and 2010.
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