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Re:Editors quit top neuroscience journal to protest against ... by AlbertCory on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:45PM (#35658200)
When big donors say to Big U:

"I'll donate again when you reduce your ratio of admins to faculty to what it was in the 60's"

Then we might see some change.

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Re:Editors quit top neuroscience journal to protest against ... by anigbrowl on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:34PM (#35659692)
True, but in the meantime faculty need to find ways around the power of the administrators rather than waiting for fairy godparents to intervene, especially given that administrators control all the budgets and have entire departments devoted to flattering donors.
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