My wife retired as a full-time nursing professor a couple of years ago and her position is now being staffed by several part-timers.  The nursing program has been running since the colleges took them over in the 60's and has no signs of slowing down.  How is this reacting to market forces?  They need experienced full-time staff for the majority of the program delivery and continuity to ensure quality.

The reality is that instead these colleges have loaded up management administrators at the expense of front-line teaching staff.  The number of these managers has DOUBLED over the past 16 years while the number of faculty members has decreased relative to the number of students in the same period.  I estimate that the college system could save $200 million annually just by going back to the 2001 ratio of management to students.

What other organizations have doubled their management staff ratio?  It's ridiculous.