Category: Academia

If there is one thing that unites academics, it is cynicism about university administration. To outsiders, this seems weird, because senior university administrators are, with relatively few exceptions, actually academics themselves. Many, in fact, return to faculty ranks after finishing their term. So why are these two sides always seen as being so drastically opposed? Here’s my hypothesis. Members of the Senior Administration are the interface between academia and the non-academic world. Academics expect senior administrators to explain to the