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That's the problem with bureaucracy- risk aversion wins because the administrators end up only caring about their own jobs and power and lose sight of the origi
by version_five 4y ago
That's the problem with bureaucracy- risk aversion wins because the administrators end up only caring about their own jobs and power and lose sight of the original point of their jobs. It's happened everywhere in society. Once you're number one priority is minimizing risk, you've failed the core mission.
- givemeethekeys 4y agoThis happens when titles, prestige or unfairly high compensation gets attached to any otherwise easy job. People hold on for dear life, because they know they're getting out way more than they're putting in.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoI think that observation is far more wise than it initially seems.
- mfer 4y agoLet’s not forget that administrators who allow views unpopular to some are attacked and harassed with some who will try to destroy their livelihoods and future.
- rdl 4y agoMIT admin specifically have repeatedly shown themselves to be cowards who don't care about students/values/etc on issues other than free speech, so it's not like they're being inconsistent here. (the aaronsw situation, drinkordie, war on student life after the scott krueger alcohol death, etc.)
- GaryNumanVevo 4y agoAt least they've removed letter grades for freshmen! I had 7 people in my MIT class commit suicide my freshman year in 2003!
- hgsgm 4y agoYour claim is that MIT doesn't care about students, and the proof is that MIT tried to stop students from being manslaughtered?
- jancsika 4y agoAh, yes. I took a lot of wind in a sibling to say what you boiled it down to here. I'm curious if there are examples of extant organizational structures at any universities that successful push back against these tendencies.