Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs
one admin my partner and i have been immensely critical of is making $800k/yr. meanwhile he's ballooned tuition to "restore the endowment", increased undergrad enrollment, and cut funding to graduate students
No, right article. Grants, tuition, etc., all of it is used as justification for those inflated salaries.
Do people actually think that inflated salaries have absolutely nothing to do with the overall funding going through the University, including those grants?
To be a little more specific, schools take a cut (often called overhead) of awarded grant money to pay admin salaries among other things - sometimes in excess of 50%!
These rates have grown universally over time and the practice is obvs not popular amongst the actual researchers/PIs.