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Saturday, February 25, 2006
While most of our best universities… …like Harvard, feature remarkably autonomous units, our weaker universities often feature not only autocratic presidents, but government interference. The University of Hawaii's accreditation, for instance, could be put at risk because of micromanagement by state legislators: Lawmakers’ meddling at UH cited Hm, let’s see… yes, we'll move this position from campus a to campus b… When asked to comment on the controversy, one of the meddlers remarked: "They [the university and the regents] are not the beginning and the end when it comes to ideas to improve the university." This guy should take UD’s T.S. Eliot course: Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the shadow. ################################## Another example: The University of Utah system. |