Re:The Rise of Universities’ Diversity Bureaucrats (2018)
by thaumasiotes on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:13PM
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> Putting the money into administrators so it goes "somewhere" is the same as flushing it away.
True, but this is also mostly true of the facilities and the endowment.
Don't imagine the dean thinking "I need to spend all my revenue or something terrible will happen" and choosing compliance officers as the right way to accomplish that goal.
Imagine the dean thinking "hey, revenue is higher than ever" and a bunch of people asking him for funding and mostly getting it because the money was there. Growth in compliance officers occurred because the funding was available, not because anyone other than the compliance officers thought it was a good idea.
If you leave food around in your kitchen, you will get insects. If you leave sugar water or bread around, you'll get mold. And if you leave money around an organization, you'll get administrators. You'll get those things regardless of whether you want them.
True, but this is also mostly true of the facilities and the endowment.
Don't imagine the dean thinking "I need to spend all my revenue or something terrible will happen" and choosing compliance officers as the right way to accomplish that goal.
Imagine the dean thinking "hey, revenue is higher than ever" and a bunch of people asking him for funding and mostly getting it because the money was there. Growth in compliance officers occurred because the funding was available, not because anyone other than the compliance officers thought it was a good idea.
If you leave food around in your kitchen, you will get insects. If you leave sugar water or bread around, you'll get mold. And if you leave money around an organization, you'll get administrators. You'll get those things regardless of whether you want them.