For most universities over the last 20 years, the number of "staff" has doubled or tripled while the number of "faculty" has remained about the same. (source: a

For most universities over the last 20 years, the number of "staff" has doubled or tripled while the number of "faculty" has remained about the same. (source: a tenured professor at a big state university). Whether this is just bloat or not is another question, but does support the argument that most tenured professors are not fat cats raking in cash from exploited college students' families.