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Bureaucratic overspending at colleges draw ire of faculty

A 2010 study by University of Arkansas education professor Jay Greene found that spending on administration has been outpacing funds for instruction and research at 198 leading U.S. research universities [1], the Huffington Post reports. This trend of bureaucratic overspending has drawn the ire of college students and faculty alike [2], including Purdue University professor and faculty senate chairman J. Paul Robinson, who is speaking out against the practice of “administrative bloat.” Bloomberg News reports that Purdue boasts a $313,000-a-year acting provost and six vice and associate vice provosts, among them a $198,000 chief diversity officer. The public Indiana U=university also employs 16 deans and 11 vice presidents, including a $253,000 marketing officer and a $433,000 business school chief…

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