Thomas K. Lindsay, Director of the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, writing for
RealClearPolicy about
myth and reality in higher education. First the myth:
Administrative costs have remained steady, and have not contributed to skyrocketing tuitions and student debt.
Then the reality:
Administrative expenses have exploded. Forty years ago, U.S. colleges employed more faculty than administrators. But today, teachers make up fewer than half of college employees.
I haven't made a study of the phenomenon, but I know it is definitely true at the state university where I spent most of my professorial career. In the last ten years it has added two additional Vice Presidents and many directors and coordinators of this and that.
