reporter: intersection between what? between cost and value. i get the best of both worlds. reporter: and directing traffic at that intersection is chief operating officer leonard sandrich. we budget very carefully. we know what we can afford. we know that we can t be everything to everyone. reporter: they can, however, demand accountability from everyone. each office here from those providing food services to student entertainment is held strictly responsible for its spending. if they run over, they must make up the difference on their own, no passing the buck to students. all new construction is kept within campus limits. to contain the cost of spreading utilities, computer connections, and security services far and wide. free or reduced tuition for the children of staff members, not here. so for a it s reporter: a year at uva still costs lot, $21,000 for in-state students, about double that for out of state, and this is a state school, so it s wrestling
once you add in all the incidentals. plu that s not the way it has to be. right now, i m driving to a school writ s very different. the university of virginia consistently appears near the top of the list of the best values in college education, confirming time and again what par sha henry learned several years ago. you can spend a whole lot more for an education, but do you have you get a better education? no, no. i feel it s a wonderful intersection. reporter: intersection between what? cost and value. reporter: and directing traffic at that intersection is chief operating officer leonard sandrich. we budget everything. we know we can t be everything to everybody. they do know they can demand accountability to everyone.