For example, while spending has declined for library purchases and academic departments, Central's administrative costs are ballooning. Data from the CWU Affirmative Action Office reveals that, since 1993, administrative positions have increased 28.57 percent, though tenure-track teaching positions have grown only 7.49 percent. The administration also fosters a consumer model of higher education. For every FTE we lose . Like Permissive parenting, Consumer U. is an idea that should have worn out its welcome long ago.
Good administrators avoid it.
Above all, double standards govern the work lives of CWU professors. For example, though senior administrators are subject to evaluation by faculty, they suffer no consequences for poor ratings. Administrators, whose summer work loads ease off with fewer students and faculty present, are paid at full rate. Dr. Nelson has taken concrete steps toward achieving that goal. But the CWU community suffers from chronically low morale.