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Message: [QUOTE="cuseinchina, post: 1527939, member: 3079"] Short sighted. Glad the chancellor is not nor whoever the participating partners turn out to be. Since you are a glass empty kind of guy, try thinking about the long term hit to brand value we take when we replace something iconic with something that could be in a hundred other cities. Private education at a 40-60th ranked university is no longer a wise choice for most college age kids looking at the roi alone. They are paying a premium for the things that make SU different and special. We need to enhance those things and emphasize them or the model breaks down and everyone loses. Getting the rankings up will help. Investing in the brand though is necessary and prudent. And when you have one viable entity supporting a whole city, it is also prudent for government to support those efforts. Intangibles might be difficult to think about, but long term they matter more than anything. [/QUOTE]