University of AZ Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences (IAP)

The department where I got my Ph.D. was scheduled to be closed, but strenuous politicking has apparently saved it. Nevertheless, I'm irritated. All the wasted time reaching out, creating synergy, forging alliances, etc., etc., and for what? Just to safeguard that which only an idiot would have cut in the first place. Wherever you go, the superstructure of university administration is undermining the function of the university. Just who is in the driver's seat anyway? A pox on all administrators!