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This is not an external compliance issue, it is entirely the university management that is responsible. Plus, it is only one example out of many. I was never in
by tensor 12y ago
This is not an external compliance issue, it is entirely the university management that is responsible. Plus, it is only one example out of many. I was never in the system deep enough to be able to recount the other examples, but I certainly remember lots of drama around forced classroom aids and other nonsense.
Excessive bureaucracy is not some inevitable thing that you cannot help. It's driven by people who directly cause it to fester and grow.
- fluidcruft 12y agoHow does it makes sense for administration to take their overhead and then spend it hiring unnecessary beurocrats (rather than shuffling funds to give themselves raises)? The ever-growing regulatory burden that the private sector always cries about? This is the same thing.
- niels_olson 12y agoI can tell you I have seen new directors whose not-so-qualified spouses magically find jobs in other departments. Nepotism, pure and simple.
- fluidcruft 12y agoThat's a different topic and is frankly even worse in the private sector.
- niels_olson 12y agoNot really. Gotta keep expanding the admin jobs for the spouses.
- extra88 12y agoThat happens far more often in the hiring of faculty.
- jobposter1234 12y agoSome of my favorite sci-fi authors like Asimov (Foundation) and Harry Harrison (Stainless Steel Rat) might disagree with your last sentence. ;) Personally, I think both sentences at the end of your comment are correct: it is inevitable that bureaucracy grows, and it is driven by the bureaucrats. It's almost like a "law" of economics, which, of course, describes human behavior. So they can at once be the cause of something that is inevitable.