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Re:America’s Student Debt Machine by eximius on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @02:03PM (#17861173)
> hounded by administration on the importance of having a high passing rate

Clearly we shouldn't enroll some students in the first place, but this just adds fuel to the fire. The growth of administrators who do nothing but keep the machine moving and growing with no thought as to what direction the machine should take is just as big of a problem.

Re:America’s Student Debt Machine by intended on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:12PM (#17865231)
You mean politicians?

As I understand it, your colleges and schools must adhere to certain standards or risk having funding losses or being axed.

Managers follow incentives too.

Re:America’s Student Debt Machine by Ntrails on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @06:13AM (#17867077)
> Managers follow incentives too.

As long as we're all just following orders it's fine then eh?

Re:America’s Student Debt Machine by eximius on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:20AM (#17868379)
I would be surprised if even a majority of the administrative bloat comes from regulatory compliance.