Agreed on the research front: here in the UK research grants are so competitive that unless you have some university money to start your project before even asking for external funding, you&#x27;re not likely to win the grant.<p>And from the accounts of my colleages, teaching loads are on the rise here though I don&#x27;t know about the US.<p>On the admin front, I did hear about an anonymous university having a large and long meeting discussing the colour of their logo last year.