Cut Duplicative Administration

I like Jim Gilkeson’s slogan. UCF loves to hire three people to do one job that isn’t even important. Too bad the phrase didn’t get into the full article on the protest over academic programs being eliminated.

This op-ed piece is pitch perfect:

To make matters worse, the program eliminations are not even necessary. The State of Florida Auditor General's most recent financial audit of UCF, dated June 2008, shows that the school had more than $140 million in "unrestricted net assets."

Beyond better prioritizing academic programs in its budget, UCF could spare program eliminations by ending wasteful spending. UCF could, for example:

•Cut a bloated administration that has grown more than three times the rate of faculty during the past 10 years.

•Call back the $8.7 million loan to athletics.

•Save at least $2.7 million per year by ending the practice of rehiring retirees.

•Cut funding of campus beautification, community relations and other non-academic projects and programs.