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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anybody interested in topics like this should take the time to pick a random college & scour a list of their non-teaching staff. It might be in an online “directory” or in an online “catalog.”

You will likely be astonished by the number of well-paid people with vague titles like Assistant Associate Dean of Student Engagement or Director of Facility Maximization.

Or just walk around any college building & count the number of offices you see with a middle-aged woman sitting at a desk who prevents anybody from bothering the Associate Departmental Chair for Academic Compliance.

Colleges that are serious about cutting waste should do a DOGE-style purge of these make-work positions. [/quote]

What do you do for a living?[/quote]

Not OR. My mom is a retired professor and says the same thing - there was an insane amount of waste, a zillion "deans" who did almost nothing. She is about as liberal as they come. Are you a "dean" by chance?[/quote]

No, not a dean, but I’ve been a staff member at two public universities. I’m sure circumstances vary quite a bit among schools and departments, but the portrayal of higher ed staff on the whole as overpaid and inefficient just doesn’t match the reality of what I’ve seen.

The vast majority are paid relatively little and, in many cases, the schools are the main employer and driver of economic activity in their area. It’s not like they go seeking ways to fleece the public, they just need jobs. I’m tired of seeing regular working people vilified.[/quote]

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