I wonder what about administrator job openings?
Something tells me that they justified to themselves that all that bureaucracy still needs to be shuffled here and then shuffled there.
Something tells me that they justified to themselves that all that bureaucracy still needs to be shuffled here and then shuffled there.
Elsewhere, somewhat pointless positions and departments abound. On a whim, a HOD bought a massively expensive 3D milling machine. For an undergrad Product Design program? Crazy. Of course, we had to hire a dedicated person to operate it. Also, tons of 'quality assurance protocols' require another layer of staff to oversee and manage.
A quick search found this: https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-uc-spending-20... Check out the graph of admin vs faculty hires. Its a horror story.
Oh and nearly all of the austerity measures put in place back in 2008 are still in effect despite them being "temporary" (caps of 1% on annual cost-of-living increases, no more than a single merit raise per department per college per year, no new positions created without highest-level approval, etc).
Has someone spun up fuckedcollege.com yet?
I work in Ed Tech, and a quick mental run down of a few examples seem like states with that sort of system often have cheaper tuition.