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Brown University has 1 administrator for every 2 students. This is a widely known and discussed phenomenon and is actually a running joke here in the comments.

• nerdsniper 8mo ago
  The "army" part largely resonates with me - I understand that universities have very high staff ratios. I even tried to openly acknowledge that in my response! I specifically used your language in my words: "the army of staff at my tier 1.5 university". But whats the median pay for those staff members? I’m mainly arguing the “absurdly overpaid” part of the “army of absurdly overpaid admins” claim. Myself and many coworkers in this IT department have left high-pressure 60-80 hour/week jobs in tech / consulting / etc. We took a ~40% paycut (and reduction in benefits! my health insurance is very poor) in exchange for a much more relaxed environment. I was making $140,000 before this, but now I'm making $80,000 - and I'm one of the more highly-paid people in my department.