Abstract
Faculty life is more challenging and demanding than ever. Many university administrators give lip service to promoting faculty and staff job satisfaction, retention, morale, and engagement. This essay focuses on one threat to the faculty and staff: the increasing bureaucratic demands from ever more bloated university administrations. A chair-level mitigation strategy is proposed in which chairs selectively shield faculty and staff from some of the burden, while prioritizing and explaining the merits of mission-critical tasks in ways that are transparent and align with scholarly values.
Author ORCID Identifier
Timothy R. Levine: 0000-0001-5138-2502 
Recommended Citation
Levine, T. R. (2026). Death by a thousand cuts: Thoughts on protecting faculty and staff morale from ever-increasing administrative demands. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 43, 5–8.
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