Whether or not bloat has neared a 1:1 ratio aside, it's a widely observed phenomenon, and not just from the snippy heckler's balcony on the Right. Anyone who has worked in a large company should not be in the least surprised by this, and anyone who's witnessed a round of layoffs and cutbacks knows that the bean counters look after their own.
Even setting aside this point, however, the enrollment decline is its own tell-tale, and the crackup remains on my prediction list.
Interesting granular analysis about average lifetime earnings. Also, you’ve got the seed of a second essay about China’s need to steal from us messy folk.
Was it wrong of me to read your article with unmitigated glee?😁👍
Schadenfreude can be quite tasty.
A reader broke down the Stanford statistic, calling it "wildly exaggerated."
"from Stanford's FactBook 2022.
15,750 "staff" =
11,336 managerial and professional staff (includes clinical educator and research staff)
1,703 administrative and technical staff
1,108 service and maintenance staff
1,603 staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory"
Point taken. But, this doesn't in and of itself obviate the "administrative bloat" assertion, just questions its magnitude in one particular instance.
So, with that in mind, I took a look around to see what other views on administrative bloat there might be.
A sample.
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/10/reluctance-on-the-part-of-its-leadership-to-lead-yales-administration-increases-by-nearly-50-percent/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinesimon/2017/09/05/bureaucrats-and-buildings-the-case-for-why-college-is-so-expensive/?sh=480aa438456a
https://www.educationnext.org/growth-administrative-staff-assistant-principals-far-outpaces-teacher-hiring/
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/administrative-bloat-universities-raises-costs-without-helping-students
https://academic.oup.com/book/40915/chapter-abstract/349089301?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://www.goacta.org/2019/07/if-you-give-an-administrator-an-assistant-how-growing-administrative-staffs-are-increasing-college-costs/
https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2019/06/administrative-bloat-where-does-it-come-from-and-what-is-it-doing/
https://thecollegepost.com/breaking-down-administrative-bloat/
https://www.collegefactual.com/parents/choosing-a-college/the-rise-in-college-administrative-staff/
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/ballooning-bureaucracies-shrinking-checkbooks/503066/
Whether or not bloat has neared a 1:1 ratio aside, it's a widely observed phenomenon, and not just from the snippy heckler's balcony on the Right. Anyone who has worked in a large company should not be in the least surprised by this, and anyone who's witnessed a round of layoffs and cutbacks knows that the bean counters look after their own.
Even setting aside this point, however, the enrollment decline is its own tell-tale, and the crackup remains on my prediction list.
Interesting granular analysis about average lifetime earnings. Also, you’ve got the seed of a second essay about China’s need to steal from us messy folk.
A friend made a similar comment on FB. There are several matters here:
Trade, and tariff wars in particular.
Private sector cowardice and complicity.
Overt IP theft, and in particular military espionage.
Each wants its own treatment, but we shouldn't over-conflate them.