The biggest drain are the adminstrators, whose number have grown far larger and faster than tenured faculty.
They would be happy to ditch the tenured profs for adjunct faculty serfs, with the savings going into raises for themselves and more administrators.
“The biggest drain are the adminstrators, whose number have grown far larger and faster than tenured faculty.
They would be happy to ditch the tenured profs for adjunct faculty serfs, with the savings going into raises for themselves and more administrators.”
You nailed it. Tenure is the bane of every university administrator's existence. If only they could get rid of those pesky faculty who dare to question the wisdom of every harebrained scheme they propose.