I haven't set about to collect data so much is anecdotal. In my university, the administration has gown over 300% in the last 10 years while the faculty has grown maybe 20%. The number of vice-prezs has increased from 3 to 7, all extremely well paid and our president's salary is among the highest 10% of salaries for university presidents in the country. Most of our building are 60/70s institutional red brick but the 2 newest building are roofed or sheathed in copper with granite, marble or slate facades. The new buildings have wood and tile, the old ones have linoleum floors (but the University is gradually upgrading them.) We routinely spend large amounts of money for a new logo and to have someone invent a new motto, our latest - "Create the future." We hire image consultants. The largest part of the administration is "Marketing" and things like the registrar and data processing services are part of marketing. Our marketing budget is huge and we send recruiter all over the country as well as all over the world to recruit students. We have a Division 1 hockey team that has not had a winning season in many years but they still travel all over the country. We have started programs like biomedical engineering out of nothing and spent a great deal of money to seed the program and recruit faculty but have very few majors. There is more but I find it so disgusting that I don't pay attention. I do not believe that my school is atypical.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:51 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Carl Dassbach <[email protected]> wrote: > My view: massive increase in "non-productive" overhead such administrators > with inflated salaries, flamboyant buildings, sports teams, > advertising/marketing, highly specialized programs that are expensive but > serve very few students and, most importantly, universities can "get away" > with it. Any examples or data on this? Thanks. -raghu. -- "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
