Northwestern Added nearly 400 new admin roles since 2013 while enrollment remained stagnant
Northwestern University employs more than one administrator for every two undergraduates, including several new DEI staff in its sports program, a College Fixanalysis found.
In the past decade, the private Illinois school has created nearly 400 new administrative and support staff positions while also adopting a policy to hire more “diverse” staff.
Meanwhile, its student enrollment numbers remained relatively stagnant.
During the 2021-22 school year, the most recent data available, the university employed 4,258 full-time administrators and support staff, according to information the university filed with the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
