Pournelle's Iron Law: The administration grows, and becomes the focus of the organization. Alternatively, "the bureacracy is growing to meet the expanding needs

Pournelle's Iron Law: The administration grows, and becomes the focus of the organization. Alternatively, "the bureacracy is growing to meet the expanding needs of the bureacracy." This is where the board of trustees should intervene. However, who is on the board? In the case of her school (which appears to be the University of Tennessee), we have five former CEOs, three lawyers, one politician, two bureaucrats, and (for form's sake) a student. Not a single professor. The primary purpose of college administration is (should be) to enable teaching. Non-academic positions should be strictly limited in number, and the salaries should be lower than the salaries for those people actually doing the teaching. The idea that a tenured professor at a well-known school earns $54k is shocking. Inexcusable. Even adjuncts should earn more than that.