The collective authors of the “Chronicles” used their most recent critique to respond to comments made by Armiñana and quoted in a Press Democrat article titled “SSU campus feels budget crunch.”
The essay claims that the quotes reflect misleading information and argues that the president favors retaining administrators over lecturers. It also states that the president denies the high numbers of administrators by associating many with auxiliary organizations, like food, housing and parking services, and finds the remaining number to be comparable with other campuses of a similar size.
“The Chronicles” finds that SSU actually has more administrators than other schools even after removing auxiliary employees from the tally.
“SSU still has over 50 more administrators than San Marcos, a larger campus, and over twice the number of Stanislaus,” said the critique. “Top-heavy administration at SSU is a presidential choice, not a numbers fluke.”
Dean Emeritus of the school of social sciences, Robert Karlsrud, the first person approached to put the study together, said that sharing incorrect information is bad publicity for the university.
“At an academic institution the last thing you would expect a president to do is give misinformation to the press,” said Karlsrud.
The ”Chronicles” began a few years ago in response to a situation involving the California Institute on Human Services office on campus.
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