You didn’t get their initial ‘offer’ in writing? Or did they intentionally avoid sending anything on-the-record?
I’m actually surprised considering, as you mentioned, doing paperwork that dots every i and crosses every t is part of the reason for hiring so many administrators.
Wonder if you could contact the deep-pocket donor and ask them to make their grant conditional on reducing admin overhead.
This is what the 15% overhead rate was about . . . but then my university decided to charge an additional “facilities fee” after receiving the money.
You didn’t get their initial ‘offer’ in writing? Or did they intentionally avoid sending anything on-the-record?
I’m actually surprised considering, as you mentioned, doing paperwork that dots every i and crosses every t is part of the reason for hiring so many administrators.