tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post956851102842036143..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: Nothing Like a Good Budget Crunch to Clean the Sinuses and Assess ManagementJeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-88773935970842928522007-10-04T12:03:00.000-04:002007-10-04T12:03:00.000-04:00Jeff:As a major in Higher Education Administration...Jeff:<BR/><BR/>As a major in Higher Education Administration at UF, I've got two things for you:<BR/><BR/>Buddy over in Financial Affairs told me he inquired one time why the department seemed to get new furniture every year. The response was: b/c we're facing the end of the fiscal year, and if we don't spend all the money now, we'll face a cut next time around.<BR/><BR/>This also reminds me of the imbroglio over at CLAS that got them $10 mil into debt. Some departments were not even submitting budgets. Ironically, many of those same departments (Geriatric Studies, English, Sociology) are now facing layoffs due to the budget cuts and mismanagement, not to mention the campus-wide "hiring freeze." Poetic justice? Likely tho that it's some aspiring, passionate young Instructor who will be let go so that the seasoned septagenarian teaching one class but has a book contract can be kept on staff.<BR/><BR/>Professors are using state-of-the-art Apple widescreens and $600 ergonomic chairs, then overbooking the teaching schedules of Assistant Professors b/c they claim there is, "not enough money for personnel."<BR/><BR/>It all serves to highlight the way that tenure and patronage within higher ed has lead to a lack of accountability that would make Ed Kozlowski jealous.Anthony Ramoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211196142669888451noreply@blogger.com