The admin bloat is real. It is a bureaucracy which like all bureaucracies is mainly interested in growing and being indispensable. Mainly being indispensable

The admin bloat is real. It is a bureaucracy which like all bureaucracies is mainly interested in growing and being indispensable. Mainly being indispensable by a web of dependencies internal to the bureaucracy. Look at trends on staff at universities over the last 20 years. Most universities now have more students (not all) but the academic staff has not kept up with growth, while the bureaucracy has seen solid growth