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Meaningless tasks and faux-business strategies prioritised by British universities have skewed their real roles of teachinig and research. Looking at decades of university growth, most expansion has been by university administration, not faculty. On the other side of the pond, one US study found that between 1975 and 2008 while the number of faculty had grown about 10% the number of administrators had grown 221% during the same period. In the UK, the large majority of universities have more administrators than they do faculty members. We are on the way to realizing an “all-administrative university” if nothing is done. André Spicer at The Guardian comments that since universities are broke, we should cut the pointless admin and get back to teaching.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 24 2017, @02:13PM (3 children)
Where are you today? Perhaps you could explain to us how a pure free market approach to university is best for society? I'd like to understand how the Market will weed out commie liberalism, tolerance and altruism to form the ultimate efficient patriot farms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 24 2017, @02:59PM (1 child)
Umm, efficiency! Bad examples of Somalian socialized education failing. Bold faced lies to try and make a point. Venezuela and Cuba, hellholes of socialism. Chiiinaa. Link to study that shows lots of budget increases and worse outcomes.
*complete denial over basic premise of admin increases from more budget and obvious corollary that admin doesn't improve educational outcomes*
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 24 2017, @05:15PM
The "more admin" does seem to increase money received from the state though...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 24 2017, @11:23PM
Perhaps you could explain to us how a pure free market approach to university is best for society
Yet it is 'public' universities that have spiraling costs. The free market ones fail out. In my city 2 just closed. Yet the 'public' one continues on with ever growing costs.