The author is a non-tenure track faculty member. Expressing his criticism of his university--not to mention a whole class of similar universities--is taking an enormous risk, as he could be fired (aka his contract won't be renewed) for any reason.

He was even threatened with just that for expressing his complaints in a colloquium:

    I tried to illustrate this old-style understanding for colleagues and 
    administrators at a colloquium at my university a couple of years ago 
    by offering a pictorial representation of the university as I thought 
    it should be. First I drew a very large building named “Students,” 
    then another of comparable size named “Professors,” then a still 
    larger one named “Library,” and finally a tiny shed well off to the 
    side named “Administration.” I wasn’t attempting to insult 
    anyone by this, but simply to make a serious point in a mildly 
    amusing way. In the event, my meaning was not lost on one 
    administrator, who, noting the disparity in proportions and considering 
    it necessary to match wits with me, suggested that come time for the 
    renewal of my contract, I would not be found in any one of my 
    fictitious university buildings. How is that for real university 
    debate? Suggest a deficiency in university governance and it’s a 
    pair of cement galoshes for you.