The complete bureaucratization and corporatization (dare I say entshitification) of higher education.
Trend called many years ago by the incredibly prescient David Graeber.
This work nicely quantifies a major issue in our universities: "In higher education, administrative costs have risen much faster than instruction and research costs (4). MIT Faculty grew by only 9.2% between 1985 and 2023, while administrative staff grew by 189%." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
