Last week I went to Chicago for the annual meeting of administrative directors of all ERCs (engineering research centers). It's almost two years into SynBERC, and only now do I feel like I know everything I need to know to really kick ass at this. I wish I could start over.
The other ADs and I spend most of our meetings talking about the reporting requirements. It really hit me that the requirements force us to operate like glamorized bookkeepers. Sure, we can pump out long reports with all our publications, patents, students, courses, and underrepresented students, and sure it helps to justify our existence. But it doesn't help me to help get the research done.
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