A Few Good Bureaucrats
From regular “chat sessions” about our social lives, to heady discussions on our universe’s constant state of flux, to pseudo-debates on political issues, my friends and I have conversations that cover it all. I recently observed, however, that when we talk about Dartmouth (read: the ways in which we directly interact with the institutions of the College), our conversations frequently progress down a familiar path and come to a familiar conclusion. We always tend to end with a comment along these lines: It just doesn’t make sense to create the type of complex administrative bureaucracy that Dartmouth utilizes, especially when so many of the administrators seem clueless about the process of enacting effective policies. More »
