UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX: ‘Looming disaster’

I read with great interest your Sunday editorial enthusiastically praising Gov. Little’s defense of Idaho purchasing the University of Phoenix. So much so that I looked up his letter as you suggested and read it with astonishment. The governor’s defense of Idaho and or educational system was inaudible and I fully agree with him on that subject. However, that is not the subject.

I am afraid the editorial board of The Press has fallen victim of a common and successful debate technique. If you can’t support your argument then change the subject. The question is should Idaho purchase the University of Phoenix. In his rambling lengthy letter criticizing Warren, Durbin, and Blumenthal personally and their respective states plus diversions about the federal budget and the open border did he ever mention the University of Phoenix. That is the question and the answer is a resounding “No!”

It is an embarrassing relic of the past. Its enrollment is a fraction of what it was and its degrees are useless and often not even recognized by employers requiring a bachelor’s degree. My suggestion is that the governor actually look into this looming disaster which he apparently has not before Idaho is made the laughing stock of academia across the country.

ROBERT KLEYPAS

Coeur d’Alene