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Re:Coronavirus will end the golden age for college towns by raverbashing on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:18AM (#23219312)
> campaign of cuts we have gotten the ratio of academic staff to non academic staff down to about 1:8 at one point. But at most large universities you'll find it in the range of 1:12 - 1:20

8 admin workers for each faculty member? Yeah that's a ridiculous number.

Maybe why US universities have ridiculous tuition as well.

But hey, you gotta convince the students that the 6 figures tuition and the "campus life" is worth it right? Oh and don't forget parking is not included nor are the "books" that require a "code" for you to pass the class.

Edit: University College London has 7700 academic staff and 5375 non-academic staff. (it's a bit annoying but the data is there) https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff/working-in-he...

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Re:Coronavirus will end the golden age for college towns by sct202 on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:27AM (#23222679)
Most large US university have large medical centers attached to them, so at my school our staffing numbers were 1/3 for the university (teaching + admin) and 2/3 medical center. These are not small hospitals.
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