The College Fix

The Yale Daily News reported that the number of administrators at Yale University is on the rise, raising some concerns among faculty who worry about a transfer of responsibilities away from academics:

A report presented to the Yale Corporation last year, the University’s highest governing body, shows that the number of University staff, measured in full-time equivalents, has increased by about 27 percent during the past 10 years. During the same period the total number of faculty has grown by 34 percent, but the number of associate, assistant and full professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has increased by roughly 15 percent. …

Sociology professor Julia Adams said in an email that a transfer of decision-making authority from faculty to administrators is a common concern at universities across the United States.

“In the leading universities, that authority traditionally resided with the faculty, and that seems to be slipping away,” Adams said. “We are worried about the impact on the quality of research and teaching, which together should form every university’s core mission.”

Like The College Fix on Facebook / Follow us on Twitter