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		arcanus on April 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse > 40% cut of a multi-year 40%?!? I would kill for overhead that low. Most places are over 50 now. I've heard of 70% at the absolute top.

deong on April 3, 2017 [–]

I've been out of academia for a few years now, but I think my university took 40%, and the department took some more on top. The total was probably 60% or so.

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