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> Is the fault of the university that they became corporatized? Yes, and specifically the kind of bureaucratic organization-man corporatized that the article d

> Is the fault of the university that they became corporatized? Yes, and specifically the kind of bureaucratic organization-man corporatized that the article discusses. Tuition keeps skyrocketing at multiples of inflation, yet post docs and adjunct lecturers live in near-poverty. Where's the money go? "Administration".

gtfoutttt 6y ago
I took a side gig teaching at a community college. I had to talk to a dean to get white board markers. And it wasn't like that dean approved and made a phone call and I went and picked them up. She physically walked me over to a locked drawer with the department name on it and handed them to me. A dean. Absolutely laughable if it wasn't so sad.
- csa 6y ago
  All joking aside, what do you think deans at CCs are supposed to do? Mundane property issues are probably handled by the dean’s admin at some (most?) CCs, but property in general is often going to fall under a dean’s purview. Also, note that a dean’s work at a CC is generally going to be fantastically boring administrative scut work.
  - gtfoutttt 6y ago
    Fair enough. I always equated deans with management.
    - csa 6y ago
      Imho, most managers also do fantastically boring administrative scut work —- think various aspects of hiring, scheduling, budgets, progress reports, personnel reviews, handling administrative complaints (EEO, sexual harassment, etc.), recruiting, etc. Maybe some things are a bit different than a CC dean, but the genre of work is similar. The specific differences in your perception may revolve around whether the manager/dean has a trusted admin, and whether that admin is around. Just a guess... What do you think managers do?
JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
Tuition skyrocketing is attributable to ever-increasing government aid. Tuition begins as a high markup MSRP, and a formula is applied, and on the other end, coincidentally you get just enough aid to afford college, presuming you maximize your government loans.

gtfoutttt 6y ago

I took a side gig teaching at a community college. I had to talk to a dean to get white board markers. And it wasn't like that dean approved and made a phone call and I went and picked them up. She physically walked me over to a locked drawer with the department name on it and handed them to me. A dean. Absolutely laughable if it wasn't so sad.

csa 6y ago
All joking aside, what do you think deans at CCs are supposed to do? Mundane property issues are probably handled by the dean’s admin at some (most?) CCs, but property in general is often going to fall under a dean’s purview. Also, note that a dean’s work at a CC is generally going to be fantastically boring administrative scut work.
- gtfoutttt 6y ago
  Fair enough. I always equated deans with management.
  - csa 6y ago
    Imho, most managers also do fantastically boring administrative scut work —- think various aspects of hiring, scheduling, budgets, progress reports, personnel reviews, handling administrative complaints (EEO, sexual harassment, etc.), recruiting, etc. Maybe some things are a bit different than a CC dean, but the genre of work is similar. The specific differences in your perception may revolve around whether the manager/dean has a trusted admin, and whether that admin is around. Just a guess... What do you think managers do?

JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago

Tuition skyrocketing is attributable to ever-increasing government aid. Tuition begins as a high markup MSRP, and a formula is applied, and on the other end, coincidentally you get just enough aid to afford college, presuming you maximize your government loans.