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There is a problem with the analysis give briefly in the sentence: "They would never do so because their friends in the `intelligentsia' would have to answer questions about their mismanagement of resources."

The people who are mismanaging resources at universities are not members of the intelligentsia, but members of what Djilas called "the new class", professional managers. Universities would cost less and would be better run if they were still run by their faculty, yes even the loons in [aggrieved group] Studies departments, than by professional university administrators who build personal fiefdoms, expand activities which are not the core purpose of a university, and largely control their own remuneration and that of the faculty. I refer you all to the book entitled The Fall of the Faculty: the Rise of the All-Administrative University by a member of the faculty at Johns Hopkins for broad documentation of the phenomenon, and cite as an example my own university (a land-grant university in the Great Plains) where in 20 years enrollments rose about 25%, the faculty shrank 0.4%, and the number of administrators and support staff rose by 50%, all while the faculty's salaries barely kept pace with inflation, while administrators normal got raises in the range of 8% per annum.

I friend of mine was hiring for a position. He received over 50 resumes to consider, and that was AFTER the HR Department whittled them down to who was "acceptable" to consider. He said he heard the number of people who applied was in the hundreds.

Of the 50, he kicked it down to about 12, and submitted them HR for another review. They handed him back his top 12 to consider for phone and Skype interviews before an in-person interview process for the Top 3, but also gave him another 2 names that he "should also consider." Both had only undergraduate degrees, and one was in Feminist Black Studies. Every other of the Top 12 candidate had at least one Masters Degree. Every one.

He played HRs game, and then ultimately picked the most qualified. He said he was waiting for them to push their quota candidates again, but they backed off.