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The piece made the U the poster child for administrative bloat, and prompted a 

MinnPost piece on an interview with President Eric Kaler

 data and calculations were not necessarily on the mark:

I've heard university administrators say as much at board meetings in months past.

Kaler also gives MinnPost an idea of what he thinks about the 

Kaler also lays out an array of multimillion-dollar cost-cutting measures and revenue generators that he says must be considered. The U is more productive than at any time in recent history -- but still faces financial challenges outside of its control, he writes:

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Looks like the University of Minnesota is still dealing with the aftermath of The Wall Street Journal’s Christmas-week piece on administrative spending there. The piece made the U the poster child for administrative bloat, and prompted a Washington Post column in which writer Charles Lane says: … The bloat on many U.S. campuses is now…

How Eric Kaler is responding to accusations of admin bloat

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