The same is true at Stanford, where there are now more admins than students: 18,369 staff vs. 17,314 students.
We need to dramatically reduce the number of administrators at these universities.
From 1985 to 2023 MIT administrative staff headcount increased 189% while faculty only grew 9%. This trend is everywhere across US universities. The rapid growth of administrative staff (versus faculty or students) is one of the largest underdiscussed problems in academia today.