Carl Elliot, bioethics professor at the University of Minnesota, had a book review published in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. I love a review that makes me want to run out and buy the book myself...
via: The Wall Street Journal
a couple of excerpts:
"In his lacerating "The Fall of the Faculty," Mr. Ginsberg argues that universities have degenerated into poorly managed pseudo-corporations controlled by bureaucrats so far removed from research and teaching that they have barely any idea what these activities involve. He attacks virtually everyone—from overpaid presidents and provosts down through development officers, communications specialists and human-resource staffers—but he reserves his most bitter scorn for the midlevel "associate deans" and "assistant deans" who often have the most direct control over the faculty. Mr. Ginsberg refers to them as "deanlets," but at my institution they are often called "ass. deans."
"From 1975 to 2005, the costs of attending an American university tripled. During that period, faculty-to-student ratios stayed relatively constant, but administrator-to-student ratios ballooned. The number of administrators increased by 85%, and the number of staffers rose by 240%. Administrative salaries shot up as well. Today, 81 university presidents are paid more than half a million dollars a year, and 12 earn more than a million." (emphasis mine)
"In the 1970s, 67% of faculty members were tenured or tenure-track appointees; today that figure is a mere 30%. Administrators prefer adjuncts not just because they are cheap but because they are less likely to resist administrative overreach."
Read Carl Elliot's review here.
Basically new jobs have been created that are not necessary to the task of educating college students; and apparently, these jobs pay very well...nice...
via: The Wall Street Journal
a couple of excerpts:
"In his lacerating "The Fall of the Faculty," Mr. Ginsberg argues that universities have degenerated into poorly managed pseudo-corporations controlled by bureaucrats so far removed from research and teaching that they have barely any idea what these activities involve. He attacks virtually everyone—from overpaid presidents and provosts down through development officers, communications specialists and human-resource staffers—but he reserves his most bitter scorn for the midlevel "associate deans" and "assistant deans" who often have the most direct control over the faculty. Mr. Ginsberg refers to them as "deanlets," but at my institution they are often called "ass. deans."
"From 1975 to 2005, the costs of attending an American university tripled. During that period, faculty-to-student ratios stayed relatively constant, but administrator-to-student ratios ballooned. The number of administrators increased by 85%, and the number of staffers rose by 240%. Administrative salaries shot up as well. Today, 81 university presidents are paid more than half a million dollars a year, and 12 earn more than a million." (emphasis mine)
"In the 1970s, 67% of faculty members were tenured or tenure-track appointees; today that figure is a mere 30%. Administrators prefer adjuncts not just because they are cheap but because they are less likely to resist administrative overreach."
Read Carl Elliot's review here.
Basically new jobs have been created that are not necessary to the task of educating college students; and apparently, these jobs pay very well...nice...
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