Comment at regents meeting blends irony, ignorance

The April 27 issue of the Faculty and Staff Newsletter reported that the Board of Regents voted in favor of tuition increases and a salary pool. I found Regent James Geddes' comment a mix of irony and ignorance: "When you look at what made this country great, it wasn't higher education. What made this country great is the free enterprise system."

The irony is that he voted against allowing CU to operate like a free enterprise. His insistence that we should function without adequate resources is delusional. The ignorance is that free enterprise is just a small part of greatness. It is freedom that lies at the bedrock of a great nation.

Barry Northrop
Assistant Director of Policies and Procedures, Accounting and Business Support
CU-Boulder

Will education only be affordable to those at economic extremes?

The percentage of unemployed workers is close to 9 percent. Some unemployment is due to the loss of manufacturing jobs. Historically, workers must be trained for new jobs like IT, for example.

But when only the very (assisted) poor and the very rich can afford education, regents, what will the rest do?

Maxine Langbauer
Records Division, Police Department
CU-Boulder

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