(To be **very** clear, this is not saying "administrative bloat is diversity offices" - a line you will hear put forward, typically in bad faith. There are a lot of these top-down initiatives, only small number are about diversity and some efforts at diversity are real). 38/50
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Finally, states and university leaders need to then ask real questions about if these centers, initiatives and offices just *sound good* (or chase the most recent passing academic fad) or if they *do good.* In many cases, rather than creating new offices...49/50
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...it would be better to make and keep decision-makers responsible for achieving outcomes - with due appreciation that a universities also cannot solve broader social problems on their own. 50/50
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ADDENDA: First, I want to note that my solutions on this thread are probably a lot less complete here. I am not a university staff member and while I try to talk to staff folks and understand what they do (more than most faculty, perhaps), a lot of them know more....
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...so perhaps the ultimate solution here is 'talk to staff more.' Second: I want to stress again, every university and university system is different. Internal organizations and effectiveness vary wildly. Some are better run. Some are more focused on education....
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...if you are reading this and thinking, "but hey, our XYZ center actually works and <does what it's supposed to do/saves money/etc>" - you are probably right. You'd know better than me. Every university is different and I am only speaking in generalities!
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Third: I would not have come across some of the information here about university organization if it wasn't brought to my attention by a study my better half was involved with on a tangential topic (improving staff-faculty interactions); https://hr.unc.edu/files/2020/04/Transforming-Faculty-Staff-Relationships_ULEAD-2019.pdf …
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...so I wanted to be sure that I called some attention to that. Especially since one of its points is the point I make above: talking to university staff - esp. mid/low level - is the best way for faculty or the general public to get a handle on what works/doesn't.
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"a student visa" -- it's grating to read the English plurale tantum; in my first language the singular visum is used.
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