April 24, 2009

Support-Staff Jobs Double in 20 Years, Outpacing Enrollment

By Jeffrey Brainard, Paul Fain, and Kathryn Masterson

Colleges have added managers and support personnel at a steady, vigorous clip over the past 20 years, new research shows, far outpacing the growth in student enrollment and instructors.

Support staff — like budget analysts, computer specialists, and loan counselors — nearly doubled from 1987 to 2007. Meanwhile, jobs for instructors increased by only about 50 percent, according to a report to be released this week by the Center for College Affordability and

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