> The modern university isn’t basically the same as the 1970s university except post Baumol's cost disease. The budget looks dramatically different. Agreed. Lo

> The modern university isn’t basically the same as the 1970s university except post Baumol's cost disease. The budget looks dramatically different. Agreed. Look at ratios of professors to non-academic staff. "The number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the growth in the number of students or faculty, according to an analysis of federal figures." https://hechingerreport.org/ranks-of-nonacademic-staffs-at-colleges-continues-to-outpace-enrollment-faculty/ https://hechingerreport.org/ranks-of-nonacademic-staffs-at-c... "Over the last two decades, the number of managerial and professional staff that Yale employs has risen three times faster than the undergraduate student body" https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/10/reluctance-on-the-part-of-its-leadership-to-lead-yales-administration-increases-by-nearly-50-percent/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/10/reluctance-on-the-...