The phrase "administration were asked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation where a group or body of administrators has been requested to provide information or take action.
Example: "The administration were asked to provide a detailed report on the budget allocation for the upcoming year."
Alternatives: "the administration was requested" or "the administration received a request".
The experts in school administration were asked about the impediments and opportunities available to perform talent management in elementary schools.
Both the Rand Corporation, and the Lindsay administration were asked to justify $7‐mil lion in consultant fees to Rand, authorized by the city in the last two years without com petitive bidding.
Participants during the retest administration were asked to focus on the 7-day physical activity recalled during the first testing.
At the end of the study, health professionals from the four practices (19 GPs and 10 nurses) and two receptionists (one from each practice which used receptionist lead GPAQQ administration), were asked to complete a questionnaire (Additional file 1) to assess the acceptability of the GPPAQ to everyday general practice, using a five-point Likert scale [ 25, 26].
If it were the same 50 people from the prior administration being asked to implement new policies for the new president, it would not work.
Murthy, a holdover from the Obama administration, was asked to resign, according to a statement released Friday night by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The museum filed a lawsuit against the city, and at a deposition, Mr. Lhota, speaking for the Giuliani administration, was asked what standards he used to deem art appropriate.
The administration was asked why President Bush has not orchestrated a similar display of evidence that would cut through 12,000 pages of Iraqi declarations, and back up Washington's assertion that Saddam Hussein never gave up his weapons of mass destruction.
The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) administration is asked by one of his sweaty-browed employees what the heck they're supposed to do.
Meanwhile, no one from the Obama administration is asked to appear on the Sunday shows to talk about the Russia announcement.
This year, the administration is asking for $385m.
