Since May at least, the John Locke Foundation has been speaking out against the state using education dollars to increase the number of school administrative positions. In some instances, increases in bureaucrats outpaced increases in educators. Today, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the Raleigh News & Observer reported the same in the state’s universities as news. Saith the article:
One reason for the number of administrative hires is a $3.1 billion bond referendum that voters passed in 2000, allowing more construction, said [UNC President Erskine] Bowles and other UNC officials. That resulted in more facilities that needed management. Research programs also have grown at UNC-CH and N.C. State University, meaning more people are needed to manage the research and the federal funds that typically accompany such programs.
Other excuses included every department wanting their own IT people, and:
NCSU has about 100 communications staffers because different colleges or departments have added their own publicists.
