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Speaking as a former Columbia administrator, there's plenty of fat to cut! cut! cut! but it's also important to recognize that all administrators are not equally competent or responsible. In my experience, there tend to be a small proportion of 20- and 30-something workhorses that really hold different offices and programs together while then there are a ton of useless middle managers and their pet flunkies wasting time and money and office space. I'd think over half of those administrative jobs could be cut without students or faculty noticing much, but cutting the wrong ones could cause a bunch of problems.

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