Figure it out 4

May 30, 2003

It is one thing to question the purpose(s) of a university. It is quite another to ask which, if any, of these purposes should be supported by the taxpayer. The purposes of a university are for academics alone to decide. The question of taxpayer funding is for politicians and taxpayers to determine.

Geoffrey Alderman
American InterContinental University  

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