The teaching faculty-to-student ratios are about the same as they have always been.
When I went to college, we had a Dean of Men and a Dean of Women.
Now they have 57 different deans, one for each of the different genders that they claim exist.
It's college/university administration that has become bloated, dysfunctional and grossly overpaid. One of the ways (besides tuition inflation) that they pay for this is using a lot of part-time faculty, which they underpay.
My Dad set me straight about the whole affair, he said: "You didn't learn anything practical in those classrooms, but you *did* learn how to become a critical thinker". Dad was right.
I graduated with a BE in Mechanical Engineering in 1989.
YES even back then we were noticing that the Administrator to student ratio was climbing.
Funny how universities raise tuition JUST AS GOVERNEMNT adds more loan money. SCAM, yes in deed. Time to DRAIN the multi-BILLION dollar endowments of universities.
I had read a study back in the 1980’s, that in the 1940’s, professors spent 15 hours a week in the classroom. 40 years later, that was down to 5. I’m guessing it’s not a whole lot lower now.
Why would men and women need separate deans?
But yeah, third-party payer systems are generally a scam that leads to inflated costs, and Uncle Sam (taxpayers) as third-party payer is the biggest scam of all.