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That’s sad, since that seems more flesh that fat to me. The real “fat” is the admin bloat at most universities. Most schools will continue to be in a precariou
by csa 6y ago
That’s sad, since that seems more flesh that fat to me.
The real “fat” is the admin bloat at most universities. Most schools will continue to be in a precarious financial situation until that fat is cut, imho.
- mindslight 6y agoThe fundamental problem is that music teachers tend to care about music, while administrators tend to care about protecting their own jobs. So any budget cuts tend to cut services, rather than reducing the overhead. This dynamic plays out everywhere with overgrown middle management.
- yostrovs 6y agoMusic teachers care about their jobs just as much as administrators. It's just that administrators make the big decisions and they care about their jobs more than the jobs of others.
- wwweston 6y agoThis seems to imply that once managerialism metastasizes in an organization, it's chronic and likely fatal to any other mission.
- dehrmann 6y agoAs far as students are concerned, a bigger problem than administrator pay is professors who are more interested in teaching than research, and even when professors are interested in teaching, they might not be good teachers.