Opinion: 'The entire nation functions with just one vice president, but Kent State needs literally more than two dozen spread across numerous offices,' writes Kent State associated professor Daniel E. Chand.
I emailed one of the university’s admissions offices to notify them. Little did I know I was setting off a chain reaction that would soon spread across several university offices, involve the “work” of roughly a dozen middle and upper-middle managers, and play out over a near-countless number of emails.
A university vice president informed me that I need to receive extra training to use a contracted software that will implement the requirement of submitting a curriculum vitae.Question: If I need training to use a software to make this simple change, then what’s the point of this office headed by a vice president who makes an annual six-figure-plus salary? but Kent State needs literally more than two dozen spread across numerous offices.
often harm students, even in ways that run contrary to progressive values these same administrators claim to support.