After Six Deans Resign in July 2025, Former Admissions Staff Allege Leadership Failures and “Toxic” Work Environment

It’s no secret that university admissions offices are high-pressure environments, tasked with the profound responsibility of shaping their school’s future community. Faced with ever-increasing applications and demand to deliver quality candidates and low acceptance rates, staff turnover is a familiar problem for offices across the nation.  The University’s Office of Admission (Admissions) has been no stranger to this trend. 47 admissions deans worked in the office between 2015 and 2025, and 36 of them left in the same time period, according to an independent analysis of Admissions data. The resignations ...

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