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Tom K. Lindsay, Ph.D., is a distinguished senior fellow for Next Generation Texas at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.

Forty years ago, U.S. colleges employed more faculty than administrators. But today, teachers make up less than half of college employees, and students and taxpayers must bear the cost of administrative bloat.

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