HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: At USC, Our Administrator-to-Faculty Pay Ratio is a Major Problem. “Amid concern over rising tuition, USC has seen a 305.8 percent increase in hired administrative employees over a 25 year period, while the number of enrolled students has only increased by 66.3 percent, according to a study by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting and the American Institutes for Research which looked at data from 1987 until the 2011-12 academic year.”

What a fascinating phenomenon. Someone should write a book about it.