This is a great topic. Does anyone have the school ping list. I would bet there are lots of good ideas to be found there. I will add my two cents: Use a meaningful grading system, get rid of non-core course work, bring back music and the arts (chorus, band, orchestra, theater are really fun and worthwhile). Just a few thoughts. LS, anything to add?
1) Make EVERY administrator teach at least one class per semester.
2) Make EVERY administrator at the dean/provost level subject to a publication rule of 1 article every two years. They could be exempted if they demonstrate clear progress on a book within four years. No administrator may continue in his or her job without that regular publication, and would be forced to a sabbatical until "course work" was complete.
These are not designed to "punish" administrators, but to a) remind them what their "subjects" have to put up with; and b) link their actions as administrators (i.e., additional paperwork, more meetings) to what the faculty has to put up with. A busy administrator has less time to impose new rules, guidelines, programs, etc. on the proles.
3) Cut ALL administrative positions by 30%; all "student development" budgets by 50%.
4) Dedicate 33% of all university spending for faculty, rather than 7%; limit construction projects to no more than 33% of budget.
And, my favorite: all faculty should have to conduct a class with only blackboard and chalk at least once a semester. No powerpoint, no movies, no computer simulations. Just the prof and his/her brain.