Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin and get back to teaching

Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by muninn_ on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:15PM (#15085681)

We can't cut the pointless admin for public schools because we need to comply with government regulations. Not making a judgement call here, but it's there.

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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by dbcurtis on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:29PM (#15085751)

Not sure why you are getting downvoted, perhaps the word "pointless". But certainly there are administrators on the public school payroll who's job is ensuring regulatory compliance and collecting/filing the evidence of compliance, and that function did not exist years ago.

Now, whether or not that is "pointless" is a debatable. The laws were passed in the first place to cure some perceived ill. It's fair to have an ROI discussion around that.

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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by grzm on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:32PM (#15085767)

If it is the word "pointless", I bet your parent used it as that's the phrase that's used in the submission title.

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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by fav_collector on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @07:06PM (#15085992)

What government regulations are relevant in this case?

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Re:Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin an... by secabeen on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @07:49PM (#15086297)

OMB Circular A-21 is a good example of a significant set of regulations on universities use of federal grant money: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMB_Circular_A-21

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