I don't know why the public conversation is always around "Harvard is doing xyz". Yes it is one of the top educational institutions in the country, but it is also private. The number of administrators they have should not be your concern. Putting political pressure on a single elite university (or group of universities) admitting a thousand students per year isn't going to solve the country's problems with higher education.
Instead redirect that anger towards your state's public university system. Ask your elected politicians why funding was cut down to zero during the 2008 recession and never restarted. Ask why football and basketball coaches are the highest paid public employees in the state and they continue to spend billions on stadiums, despite the fact that the sports has a negative return in all but the top ~5 NCAA division I programs. Ask why enrollment and graduation rates continue to decline while administration costs keep going up. Fighting the Harvard boogeyman isn't going to fix any of this.
Your hard working kid isn't entitled to Harvard or MIT, but they should be entitled to a seat at your local state school at a reasonable cost.
Instead redirect that anger towards your state's public university system. Ask your elected politicians why funding was cut down to zero during the 2008 recession and never restarted. Ask why football and basketball coaches are the highest paid public employees in the state and they continue to spend billions on stadiums, despite the fact that the sports has a negative return in all but the top ~5 NCAA division I programs. Ask why enrollment and graduation rates continue to decline while administration costs keep going up. Fighting the Harvard boogeyman isn't going to fix any of this.
Your hard working kid isn't entitled to Harvard or MIT, but they should be entitled to a seat at your local state school at a reasonable cost.