Thread by @RWPUSA, "In fiscal year 2018, the university administration spent more than $313 million [...]

"In fiscal year 2018, the university administration spent more than $313 million on 'leadership & oversight' and more than $720 million on 'mission support'. These costs of administration exceeded $1 billion ..."

That had better change in 2020. http://strib.mn/2WQuMgt

OPINION EXCHANGE | U pare: The need to cut administrative costs at the University of Minnesota

As we witness the decline of the public service ideal in higher-education administration, the need to cut overhead becomes clear.

http://strib.mn/2WQuMgt

It's not just compensation at the very top, but the next level down (the people who protect the people at the top):

General counsel: $359,000.
Senior vice president, finance: $420,700.
Vice president, Equity and Diversity: $240,000.
....

The General Counsel of the University makes more than double (almost three times) the $127,629 pay of the Governor of Minnesota @Tim_Walz.
So, who is it who is leading us through this pandemic?

Minnesota pay scale:
General Counsel of the University of Minnesota (the University's top lawyer): $359,000
Attorney General of Minnesota (the State's top lawyer): $121,248.

But the University can't afford a tuition cut for on-line classes?
Huh?

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