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Funny part is that all these extra administrators don’t actually help out the faculty much. Thirty years ago, most senior professors had secretaries, but now s
by larnmar 7y ago
Funny part is that all these extra administrators don’t actually help out the faculty much.
Thirty years ago, most senior professors had secretaries, but now secretaries are almost unheard of. Individual professors wind up spending most of their time on ridiculous administrivia required to keep their grants.
If an administrator sticks his or her head into a profrssor’s life, it’s to make it harder, not easier.
- impendia 7y ago> Funny part is that all these extra administrators don’t actually help out the faculty much. For the most part, it's not part of their job descriptions. Some things which have grown: student services; "Student Success" centers and the like; advising; IT; compliance with various grant agency and accreditation requirements (which seem to be growing); institutional efforts to further diversity and inclusion. As an example, my understanding is that universities are doing much more to identify, and try to help, at-risk students than they were before. The new administrators hired into these roles will cheerfully work with faculty as appropriate, but it's a much more student-facing than faculty-facing role.