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One other thing looking at the staff directory at Cal, it looks like bloated AD headcount is not something exclusive to Stanford.

BC

Totally true. The "costs" of the departments nationwide have gone up even faster than the revenue stream has expanded. You can remove the AD constraint here as well. ALL University non-academic headcount has exploded. That is why Stanford will house lots of those functions in new buildings being built in Menlo Park. Do "we" really need these people? IMHO, no, but it is clear others either feel differently or don't care. This, not the won-loss record of men's BB is the reason I do not and will not donate to Stanford in any way. They waste resources prodigiously IMO.

Administrative positions have exploded at Universities nation wide.  One of the reasons that tuition has reached stratospheric levels, putting kids (and there parents) in debt.  It is a national disgrace. Tuition at Cal in 1980 was about $300 a quarter. 2021 tuition for residents is $14,312.

  In 1968 tuition at the UC campuses was $50 per quarter, and at Foothill JC it was $7 a quarter or $20 for an entire year if you paid up front; the yearly difference made a significant impact in beer sales.

[Maple Leaf]

One other thing looking at the staff directory at Cal, it looks like bloated AD headcount is not something exclusive to Stanford.

BC

Totally true. The "costs" of the departments nationwide have gone up even faster than the revenue stream has expanded. You can remove the AD constraint here as well. ALL University non-academic headcount has exploded. That is why Stanford will house lots of those functions in new buildings being built in Menlo Park. Do "we" really need these people? IMHO, no, but it is clear others either feel differently or don't care. This, not the won-loss record of men's BB is the reason I do not and will not donate to Stanford in any way. They waste resources prodigiously IMO.

Administrative positions have exploded at Universities nation wide.  One of the reasons that tuition has reached stratospheric levels, putting kids (and there parents) in debt.  It is a national disgrace. Tuition at Cal in 1980 was about $300 a quarter. 2021 tuition for residents is $14,312.

  In 1968 tuition at the UC campuses was $50 per quarter, and at Foothill JC it was $7 a quarter or $20 for an entire year if you paid up front; the yearly difference made a significant impact in beer sales.