We're living in an age where the accusation means more than the substance of the transgression, whether it took place or not. In the court of public opinion, everyone is a defendant.

It's not like the administrators will have to take personal responsibility if they break some labor laws along the way...

> Are administrators getting dumber?

They are getting more numerous by the day, outnumbering researchers by a wide margin. "Quantity has a quality of its own" said Joseph Stalin, alluding to the huge numbers of men he could put into the field. They have seen how just a few or even a single student protesting some perceived transgression can get the institute to cave to their will so what is to keep them from getting a law professor to heel?