Over the next two years, Virginia's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, at the request of state lawmakers, plans to analyze in depth how expenses at the state's public universities have changed over the past few decades, an endeavor that could result in new ways to control costs and prices, both in the state and nationwide. And the commission's first report, released this month, hints at one area that will be explored in depth in subsequent reports – auxiliary services, including housing, dining and intercollegiate athletics.