New Student Body President at Baylor University Shrinks Cabinet by 57%
“Although this position was once an energetic executive, an expansion of the cabinet led to several back-to-back years of underwhelming results and lackluster service to the Student Body.”
Can we get this young man to speak to the GOP? They used to care about shrinking the size of government.
Campus Reform reports:
New Baylor student body president shrinks cabinet by 57%, citing need for efficiency
A new student body president is accomplishing what conservatives in the federal government have sought to do for decades: cut down the size of unnecessary bureaucracy.
Elected as Baylor University’s Student Body President in April, Nick Madincea issued his initial executive order on Aug. 25 to reduce his cabinet by 57%, eliminating 12 out of 21 positions.
“For far too long, the role of Student Body President at Baylor has been purely ceremonial,” Madincea told Campus Reform. “Although this position was once an energetic executive, an expansion of the cabinet led to several back-to-back years of underwhelming results and lackluster service to the Student Body.”
More specifically, the executive order eliminates six positions in the Student Body President’s Office of Communications and three positions in the President’s Director of Policy Office. Additionally, the positions of Assistant Student Government Secretary, Deputy Attorney General, and Student Government Treasurer will be intentionally left unfilled and absorbed by other existing roles.
In his summary of the order, Madincea said that the Student Body President’s office has been “bloated, effective, and inefficient,” and added that past administrations have permitted their cabinets to become “cantankerous beasts.”
“I’ve slashed 57% of the positions in my cabinet to refocus on service rather than bureaucracy and actually get something done,” Madincea said. “No excuses, we will serve the people who elected us.”
Madincea also claimed that the positions he eliminated had not been utilized in prior administrations and rarely provided value to the Student Body President’s policy objectives. He added that a smaller cabinet gives each member more individual ownership while increasing “enthusiasm, accountability, and efficacy.”
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” the GOP? They used to care about shrinking the size of government.”
You mean other than pretending during campaign season? When was that exactly? I must have missed it.
Poor naive kid should have asked Wayne LaPierre how it’s really done. NRA grew its board to 76 directors (many of whom are useless celebrities) specifically to neuter it and make the CEO a de facto dictator.
I nominate the president of the Baylor student body for President of the United States. Yeah, he’s too long, but who really thought that 35 in the Constitution mean 1 + 1 + 1 32 more 1’s?
If he identifies as 35, that’s good enough for me.
Most of these positions were probably added to be resume lines for graduates rather than actual work being done.
I don’t know one student government organization that hasn’t been just a resume line enhancer in an otherwise moribund, listless structure. Very few of the student organizations seem worth it due to the overt politicization of even the most mundane student interests.
Now, If the president of Baylor and all other schools will do the same thing, progress may be made.
If the California State University system (different than the University of California) did this, they may not need the 6% per year tuition increase.