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From what I'm seeing online Stanford has about 22k students in 2022. 2700 does seem like a large number compared to the student population, and given it seems l
by kbenson 4y ago
From what I'm seeing online Stanford has about 22k students in 2022. 2700 does seem like a large number compared to the student population, and given it seems like it isn't meant to house all the administrative staff, that does seem like a lot.
That said, Stanford is private, so I'm not sure they're a good example. Various state universities seem like they would be a more apt target to look at to see what this is like in reality.
- bluedino 4y agoAccording to the internet: Stanford University has 24,916 employees.Jul 11, 2022
- ohnonotyouagain 4y agoThat might include grad students? See below from https://facts.stanford.edu/administration/staff/ https://facts.stanford.edu/administration/staff/ In 2021 15,750 staff members supported teaching, learning, research and core operations at Stanford ...This includes ... 1,603 staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory .. Includes clinical educator and research staff.
- CameronNemo 4y agoDoes that include TAs and faculty?
- ohnonotyouagain 4y agoYes, and note that the clinical staff who instruct students are also counted in the employee numbers. I can't find a number for Stanford but Yale has 1,729 "continuing" medical faculty: https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts I would not be surprised if Stanford had the same or more.
- musicale 4y agoMakes sense: 2300 professors, and then a butler for every student.
- notjulianjaynes 4y agoAnecdotally I just looked up the number of municipal employees for 2 random towns with populations of about 28,000 people. 1500 employees. I believe that's including teachers, police, etc. not just administrators.
- specialist 4y agoTerrific insight. Higher ed's admin:student ratios are closer to resort hotels. My local uni has definitely transformed into a resort. One of the consequences of charging full enrollment are the customers now expect a comparable (material) experience.