<p>In most states this would get a major pushback but here I guess nobody is that concerned. Lucky for the UW.</p>
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<p>This is very troubling…</p>
<p>Who wants to be that anyone who heads UW will be worse than Emmert…and then people will be whining about how he/she was worse than Emmert? Heh.</p>
<p>It sounds like, from a purely budgetary-planning perspective, that the university over-funded scholarships during several years of no economic growth and did not pull back from this strategy during an extended economic downturn. This might have helped in-state students for a short while, but the long-term wisdom of this plan might have some holes in it. If someone can explain why Emmert is held in such high esteem? Is it because in the short term, he was able to keep tuition down, ignoring the the predictable crisis for future students?</p>