A long time ago, i had a provost who wrote a column for Inside Higher Ed. It was…well, it earned quite a lot of attention from Academic Twitter. And this perfect parody by the late great William Bradley: https://www.sundresspublications.com/stirring/archives/v17/e12/bradleyw.htm #highered #highereducation #academia #academicchatter
The Collected Voice of the Vice President of Academic Affairs

I’m thinking about this time because it is happening again to younger scholars now under possibly even more opportunistic crisis-mongering. We are asked to cut budgets (support staff, adjuncts, release time) & consolidate departments. But our provost isn’t writing facile offensive cruise analogies about higher ed.
@VCP Yikes, I don't think I ever had the pleasure of reading the original, but I've read enough similar pieces to appreciate it!
@VCP I remember that one! Classic