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absurdsuburb t1_j0whser wrote

Yale’s IT department got caught a while back for skimming millions off the top. I wonder how much unchecked fraud goes on in these universities tbh. Feels shitty that they make students take on massive debt so administrators (who already have bloated salaries) can commit financial crimes.

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burnshimself t1_j0x3ng3 wrote

The administrators commit fraud right out in the open with how ridiculously overpaid they are. Why would they worry about skimming off the top when their entire existence is piggybacking on the efforts of actual educators and professors at the expense of students? It’s all the same

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phant-m t1_j0xf8ec wrote

I’m convinced the dean at the university of New Haven is taking a ton of money. They accept pretty much anyone that applies

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Rickbox t1_j0y3se2 wrote

I always wonder the same thing. With that being said, maybe it's different at private school, but why is everyone getting the impression that admins are overpaid? I've spoken to many, including directors, and they all tell me they could be making way more in industry. Faculty as well. You go on /r/academia , they'll go off on how terrible their pay is.

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neuromantik8086 t1_j0zvkqc wrote

There's a big difference between rank and file administrators and upper-level administrators. Most people do not make this distinction when discussing how overpaid administrators are.

Many of Columbia's executives, for instance, used to come from the for-profit sector (one of them even used to work in for-profit higher ed as general counsel for Kaplan University). These executives have different expectations about compensation than career higher ed administrators.

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