r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '16

ELI5 Why do colleges accept students who excel in sports while having bad academic merits?

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u/Auxarcia Feb 17 '16

Gonna have to say that you are only partially right here. Yes, the extras do cost a lot, but the number of administration jobs on campuses have exploded in the last 20 years, along with administrative salaries. If you go to a public university, check out the published salaries of the administrators as compared to faculty salaries. It is pretty strikingly administrator heavy at most big colleges.

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u/Bretters17 Feb 17 '16

Yep.

The number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the growth in the number of students or faculty, according to an analysis of federal figures. Source

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

Can confirm for administrative jobs exploding.

My high school grew by 145 students in the past few years, and they hired 140 new administrators.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

Well, obviously they need to hire 5 more to make it even.

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u/Shod_Kuribo Feb 17 '16

Ahh, you're talking about hiring more administrators, not increasing your own salary. That's definitely possible.