The Game

Do you wonder why UCF and the other state universities do not discuss the possibility of administrative layoffs? There are two reasons. First, administrators protect their own. Second, administrative layoffs wouldn’t negatively impact the student experience. They would just save students and taxpayers money.

Why would UCF want to hurt students? One high level administrator explained to me that because of these budget cuts “UCF wants to leave as many bodies in the street as they can.” If UCF freezes enrollment and lays-off faculty members, this will have a negative impact on students and their parents. This constituent group will then cry to the legislature who will give UCF more money. UCF is run by a bunch of rotten fuckers.

I would be much more amenable to tuition hikes or additional state funding if UCF would make a good faith effort to reduce unnecessary costs. This would involve layoffs of employees that don’t impact the student experience. Let’s leave the bodies of these administrators in the street. Unfortunately, these high level administrators have assistants who, because their bosses have so little work to do, are paid to surf the internet and watch movies. As a practical matter, many of these assistants also need to be let go.