NYTimes: Power Shifting from Institutions to Students

So true:

" Maybe this is the case at some schools, but not at all schools. I cringe every time I hear people say, “Oh, it’s summer - do you even have to be at work?” Uh, yeah … there is SO MUCH work to be done, and so few staff members to do it! Every time we turn around, there is more to be done. In the four years I have been at the college, the work load has grown tremendously; the staff has not grown at all. We are overworked and underpaid. Oh, and we aren’t trained, on or off site. It’s not a glamour job, let me tell you (but I love our students)."

Really, I doubt a lot of parents would want their kids taking a STAFF job at a college after graduation.