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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>J-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First, I think your assessment that Whitman
College is located in downtown Walla Walla is not correct. From the core
downtown at Main and 2nd (near the Marcus Whitman Hotel), Whitman College is
about 8 blocks northeast. In other words, farther away from the core than
the UI from downtown Moscow. Whitman College does not interfere with the
core downtown business area by taking up scarce parking, not paying downtown
property taxes or not supporting downtown improvement projects.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The real difference between downtown Walla Walla
and downtown Moscow is size, of course. The downtown forces in Walla Walla
pulled together a total of $50 million in project improvements over the last
decade or so. That's a huge pile of public and private money for
infrastructure and business projects. If Moscow could amass a small
percentage of that, lot's could happen.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gweitz@moscow.com href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com">Jerry Weitz</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=london@moscow.com
href="mailto:london@moscow.com">Bill London</A> ; <A title=jampot@adelphia.net
href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net">g. crabtree</A> ; <A title=ttrail@moscow.com
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">Tom Trail</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net">vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho
Enrollment</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Bill, So you know, Walla Walla has Whitman College within
their designated downtown map. A few blocks to the east on Park Street, the
old high school was the first facility for Walla Walla Community College that
started in 1967 with 850 students.... Presently has an enrollment of over
13,000 and is located on 100 acres viewing the Blue Mountains. The old
high school has pretty much been torn down. Thus keeping colleges out of
downtown has not been area's focus and never has been. You may want to revisit
you assumtion.<BR><BR> Art is one of the facets on the complex diamond of
ecomonic development, one of the coggs in the wheel. Tolerance for a
wide range of political and religious views is the norm and another cogg as
this area demonstrates. Walla Walla College is a
(conservative liberal arts Adventist College in the center of the business
district of College Place) with high ranks in engineering and health
education. Whitman College is one of the nation's best liberal and
science colleges. Walla Walla Community is one of Wn's best community
colleges and is a great feeder for WSU. The colleges work together well.
<BR><BR> Incidentally, the area has a Super Walmart along with a long
list of art gallaries and studios, museums, a large business park, the State
Penitentiary, three hospitals (one Catholic,.one Adventist, and a VA), the
army corp of engineers, a prosperous agiculture sector, a water reservior that
supplies 75% of its needs, abundant high quality city parks, bike ways, a
highway bypass, walking trails, a wonderful symphony, a very active
downtown foundation, high quality public and private K-12s, a large airport,
world class manufacturing, great dining, etc. Walla Walla is a
vibrant area that focuses on its strenghts, places importance on prosperity,
and is widely tolerant. Bill, perhaps our town has lost its way with its
back biting, petty politics... and maybe we should call a no fault truce and
truly work for betterment. I believe UI needs our town's attention as most of
the other issues are a flash in the pan. Incidentally, Whitman
College and Walla Walla College have significantly higher endowments than
UI. Again, UI needs our undivided focus. Jerry<BR><BR><BR>At
05:41 PM 10/4/06, Bill London wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>Trying to
distill this conversation, I think that it's true that we have a
community-wide agreement that attracting clean high-tech businesses is our
economic development goal. Within that framework, there has been
plenty of disagreement and finger-pointing.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Some specifics: <BR></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Jerry holds Walla Walla as an example of a well-developed
community, and asks for my opinion. I agree. I visited Walla
Walla, and my Daily News travel column about that visit focused on the
vitality of their downtown. Walla Walla has been very successful due
to the community's support for public art, the recent boom in wine (bringing
new $ and new creative people), the commitment to building their downtown
and keeping their colleges out of the downtown area.
<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>G. Crabtree asks me to justify
my statement that :"They (the owners of clean, high paying, high tech
business) do not like freeways, strip malls, and huge Wal-Mart's."
Sure. I suggest he look to <A
href="http://www.creativeclass.org">www.creativeclass.org</A> for a look at
Richard Florida's well-respected work in economic development. Florida
explains that the "creative class" (the thinking folks who make econ dev
happen) are attracted to communities with a vibrant and tolerant culture,
available outdoor recreation, and clusters of like-minded folks for friends
and employees (think near a university or two). Not a homogenized
McWasteland. Also, try <A
href="http://www.milkeninstitute.org">www.milkeninstitute.org</A> for
comparisons of growing communities nationwide.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Hope for the future? Yes, I think there is a growing
interest in stopping all this finger-pointing. The new Knowledge
Corridor concept is a great opportunity to link the strengths of Moscow,
Pullman, WSU, and UI. Moscow would really benefit from that
combination since WSU/Pullman is growing stronger daily. The first
meeting is October 23, 11am to 2pm, in Pullman. The local EDC is
co-hosting this event, and you can get details and register (reservations
are required, but the public is welcome) at <A
href="mailto:edc@moscow.com">edc@moscow.com</A><BR>BL<BR></FONT> <BR> <BR>
<DL>
<DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR>
<DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com">Jerry Weitz</A> <BR>
<DD>To:</B> <A href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net">g. crabtree</A> ; <A
href="mailto:london@moscow.com">Bill London</A> ; <A
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">Tom Trail</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net">vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</A>
<BR>
<DD>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:11 PM<BR>
<DD>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR><BR>
<DD>Bill and Gary, <BR>
<DD>I agree that everyone desires high tech business in their area.
What progressive communities are doing is very exciting. In a study
of Munich, there is a strong trend to form communities within communites
(the same for Chicago) and attend to the livability factors. Cities
are wising up to what you allude to--packed freeways, strip malls,
etc. Thus if a company needs an educated workforce, they are
considering cities and downtown locations. More young, single,
educated people are moving to the cities. Rural areas(Mont.,S.D.,
N.D., Iowa, Neb.,and Kan.), are beginning to fight back by the lures of
free land and office space, low-interest loans for new business, advice
and mentoring, and rural business tax breaks. Moscow is not. Bill,
tonight I spoke with a young person (whom we both know) that wishes to
stay in Moscow when she marries. This young potential couple is highly
educated and are not able to find work. Last year, I attended UI's
Vandal Banquet honoring our academic athletes, a number said they loved
the Palouse, however they would have to move to regions that offer a
future since there is a lack of job opportunities locally. So why not
accomodate these great young people?<BR><BR>
<DD>Our assets are the Universities and the rural setting. The
University: A remarkable invention of western culture and a decisive
catalyst in modern soceity; an essential factor to society's effective
functioning and well-being. It manufactures no products, but creates
the science and technology on which those products depend. The
university trains and nutures each new generation of architects, artists,
authors, business leaders, engineers, farmers, lawyers, physicians, poets,
scientists, social workers and teachers. Thus we have two great
positives: UI and WSU.<BR><BR>
<DD>Yet, our rural University is declining, and has garnered less than
great ratings in the Princeton Review. Since knowledge is the
dominant economic force, the importance of the University can only grow in
a rapidly changing environment. Technology and education have
fused. I recently took a course in graduate statistics from UW
online. Being a math major, I have to admit statistics was not my
favorite although the theory of probability was great. Our office will be
part of UW/Oregon Health Science's research faculty. The on-line
experience was the best math class I have ever participated in.
Recall, I once studied Math in Germany for one year. Hence,
location (mortar and brick) are not as important as technology
improves. The American Community College is considered the
best American invention in higher ed in a recent Economist magazine's
feature on the state of education in America. Hence, Moscow
has a way to go in helping defend UI against 21th century economic and
educational realities. However, the Quad cities have two great
assets. LCSC and WWCC.<BR><BR>
<DD>In Harvard's Derek Bok's two recent books, Universities in the
Marketplace, and Our Underacheiving Colleges addresses why Moscow may want
to change, grow, embrace prosperity, and become business friendly.
Being isolated, rural, anti infrastructure are not advantages. BSU
has every intention of being the flagship both in relevence, research, and
student population. BSU has significant Business Support. <BR><BR>
<DD>Bill, please tell me what you think of Walla Walla why we
shouldn't model its optimism and actions. Thomas Freidman had a
great editorial about Europe's former poor house--Ireland. Ireland
invested in infrastructure, education, and business friendliness.. Walla
Walla did the same. The results are remarkable. Jerry
<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DD>At 06:27 PM 10/3/06, g. crabtree wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Mr. London, could you flesh out your
sweeping assertion that "They (the owners of clean, high paying, high
tech business) do not like freeways, strip malls, and huge
Wal-Mart's."? The bulk of those types of businesses are, in fact,
located in cities that do have those things and, for the most part, in
spades. Ed Schweitzer, the owner of what has to be the holy grail of the
types of businesses that are being discussed, is not preparing to pull
up stakes and bolt over a superstore, far from it. Increased expansion
is the order of the day. He is on record as being "a strong proponent"
of Pullman's Super Wal-Mart and is also in favor of greatly improved
transportation in the Moscow-Pullman area. Could you point me to the
study, poll, or interview that would bear out your contention that a bit
of development would scare off the future high tech golden geese? Or is
this simply a personally held conviction that you felt comfortable
foisting onto the backs of entrepreneurs in an effort to further
your own bucolic vision for Moscow?<BR></FONT>
<DD><BR>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>gc<BR>
<DD>----- Original Message ----- </FONT><BR>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>From: "Bill London" <<A
href="mailto:london@moscow.com">london@moscow.com</A>><BR>
<DD>To: "Tom Trail" <<A
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">ttrail@moscow.com</A>>; <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net">vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</A>>;
"Jerry Weitz" <<A
href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com">gweitz@moscow.com</A>><BR>
<DD>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:48 PM<BR>
<DD>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR></FONT><FONT
face=arial><BR></FONT>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>> J-<BR>
<DD>> In your earlier post, you spoke of making a
significant change in this<BR>
<DD>> community. You wrote that we needed to embrace change and
growth.<BR>
<DD>> I tried to bring some specificity to that
language when I asked about<BR>
<DD>> your reaction to the Naylor Farms permit. In response,
you noted that you<BR>
<DD>> did not favor the Naylor Farms industrial model of growth, but
instead<BR>
<DD>> wanted clean high-tech businesses.<BR>
<DD>> I hope that is an accurate summary of this
discussion so far.<BR>
<DD>> My point now is that what you are asking for
(infusion of high-tech<BR>
<DD>> businesses) is the status quo. Everybody wants
that. Every city and county<BR>
<DD>> in the US, and probably the world, wants clean well-paying
high-tech<BR>
<DD>> businesses. So, that is not new. With Alturas park,
the business<BR>
<DD>> incubator, the LEDC, and all, Moscow is already doing that.<BR>
<DD>> So, I wonder -- what is your point?
when you talk about embracing<BR>
<DD>> growth and change, if the growth and change is carefully
directed toward<BR>
<DD>> clean high-tech businesses, I do not think you will find very
many people<BR>
<DD>> disagreeing. That is the Holy Grail of economic
development these days -- <BR>
<DD>> and one that I support.<BR>
<DD>> I think Moscow can recruit these in-demand
high-tech businesses, either<BR>
<DD>> by drawing them in or by growing them from the UI/WSU.
But the reason they<BR>
<DD>> would choose to settle here (remember they are being bribed by
cities and<BR>
<DD>> counties from all over to move to those locations) is that they
like the<BR>
<DD>> quality of life here.<BR>
<DD>> The owners of those businesses like bike
paths and good schools and a<BR>
<DD>> vibrant cultural life. They do not like freeways, strip
malls, and huge<BR>
<DD>> Walmarts.<BR>
<DD>> So, Jerry, what is it that you want to change
about Moscow in your goal<BR>
<DD>> of embracing growth?<BR>
<DD>> BL<BR>
<DD>> <BR>
<DD>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>
<DD>> From: "Jerry Weitz" <<A
href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com">gweitz@moscow.com</A>><BR>
<DD>> To: "Bill London" <<A
href="mailto:london@moscow.com">london@moscow.com</A>>; "Tom Trail"
<<A href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">ttrail@moscow.com</A>>;<BR>
<DD>> <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net">vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</A>><BR>
<DD>> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:34 PM<BR>
<DD>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR>
<DD>> <BR>
<DD>> <BR>
<DD>>> Bill, Naylor Farms is not the type of growth I have ever
pushed. What I<BR>
<DD>> am<BR>
<DD>>> talking about is a Stanford Research Park....Schweitzer
type companies.<BR>
<DD>> In<BR>
<DD>>> this week's Kiplinger Report under trends, the letter
reports a 30%<BR>
<DD>>> increase (from 25 years ago) of young people moving to and
remaining in<BR>
<DD>>> urban areas. There are rural areas that are fighting
back to keep their<BR>
<DD>>> youth and/or recruit youth to their regions by offering
strong tax<BR>
<DD>>> incentives and in some cases, free land for businesses
these youth are<BR>
<DD>>> starting. Incidently, there are more upstart high tech
companies in the US<BR>
<DD>>> than ever in our history. Moscow is not an area that
focuses on retaining<BR>
<DD>>> our youth since job creation is not on the radar
screen. In one<BR>
<DD>> editorial,<BR>
<DD>>> I suggested that the county buy Naylor farms and turn
it into a<BR>
<DD>>> business/ed research park. I talked with Sid Eder and
Paul Kimmell about<BR>
<DD>>> this concept.<BR>
<DD>>><BR>
<DD>>> Would you agree such a business/ed park could reverse UI's
decline? MIT<BR>
<DD>> has<BR>
<DD>>> less enrollment than UI and its graduates/faculty have spun
off over 4,000<BR>
<DD>>> companies and these companies collectively employ
1.1Million<BR>
<DD>>> Folks. Route 128 in Boston in bristling
with firms that are examples of<BR>
<DD>>> bus/ed. Micron, for example, donated $5 million to
BSU for two Phd<BR>
<DD>>> programs in engineering. Micron used to donate to UI
and I was told by an<BR>
<DD>>> engineering prof that Micron-UI donations have dryed up,
however<BR>
<DD>> Schweitzer<BR>
<DD>>> donates heavily to both WSU and UI. Gone are
the days of extractive<BR>
<DD>>> industries. I do not think it would take too many
companies to reverse<BR>
<DD>> the<BR>
<DD>>> town's outlook. I do not believe our area will become an
urban<BR>
<DD>>> center. Research shows that in 1910, with the
students are factored out,<BR>
<DD>>> there was more population on the Palouse (Whitman and Latah
Counties) than<BR>
<DD>>> in year 2000. I am not afraid of growth, however
there has been almost no<BR>
<DD>>> planning. When you visited Walla Walla, did you feel
the optimism and<BR>
<DD>>> experience a very nicely laid out community?
When I went to college in<BR>
<DD>>> the mid 60's, Walla Walla was still complaining about not
being the<BR>
<DD>> capitol<BR>
<DD>>> of WN and had a no-can-do-it attitude. When one
extractive industry<BR>
<DD>>> (timber) declined, Walla Walla refocused and came up with
the wine<BR>
<DD>>> industry. WWCommuniy College just started about when
I graduated and has<BR>
<DD>>> matured nicely. Whitman and Walla Walla College, the two
privates, work<BR>
<DD>>> together. The public k-12 is very progressive.
Safe highways are lobbied<BR>
<DD>>> for and Walla Walla has over a square mile of business
park. Their<BR>
<DD>> chamber<BR>
<DD>>> is very organized and its web page is excellent.
Walla Walla is a city of<BR>
<DD>>> the arts.<BR>
<DD>>><BR>
<DD>>> So what I am saying, we could do the same and by doing the
same, I believe<BR>
<DD>>> UI's fortunes will be enhanced and Moscow will benefit.<BR>
<DD>>> Jerry<BR>
<DD>>> At 03:20 PM 10/1/06, Bill London wrote:<BR>
<DD>>> >Jerry:<BR>
<DD>>> >A question: Naylor Farms, in their pitch for a county
permit for the<BR>
<DD>>> >operation of their mining operation north of Moscow,
promised growth,<BR>
<DD>>> >economic development, jobs, and economic
diversification -- in short,<BR>
<DD>>> >everything you have said that you support. Do you
believe that the Latah<BR>
<DD>>> >County Commissioners were wrong to deny Naylor Farms
the option of<BR>
<DD>>> >developing their land in that manner?<BR>
<DD>>> >BL<BR>
<DD>>> ><BR>
<DD>>> ><BR>
<DD>>> >----- Original Message -----<BR>
<DD>>> >From: "Jerry Weitz" <<A
href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com">gweitz@moscow.com</A>><BR>
<DD>>> >To: "Tom Trail" <<A
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com">ttrail@moscow.com</A>>; <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net">vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</A>><BR>
<DD>>> >Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:16 PM<BR>
<DD>>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR>
<DD>>> ><BR>
<DD>>> ><BR>
<DD>>> > > UI needs a boost with a business/ed research park
similar to say<BR>
<DD>> Chapel<BR>
<DD>>> > > Hill, N.C.. WSU/Pullman/IU/Moscow are the
assets. As Ed Schweitzer<BR>
<DD>>> > > said, we live in a sea of land and a
declining population.<BR>
<DD>> Schweitzer<BR>
<DD>>> > > Engineering has a challenge in recruitment and
expansion due to the<BR>
<DD>> lack<BR>
<DD>>> >of<BR>
<DD>>> > > housing and population. Schweitzer has said
that his company in not<BR>
<DD>> in<BR>
<DD>>> >the<BR>
<DD>>> > > real estate business, yet had to develop over 90
acres for housing.<BR>
<DD>> The<BR>
<DD>>> >no<BR>
<DD>>> > > growth folks are hurting the UI, our area's
potential, and Schweitzer.<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > The UI is down 737 students state wide, with a
decline of 628 at the<BR>
<DD>>> > > Moscow campus. BSU is up 277 to 18,876 (BSU
has increased enrollment<BR>
<DD>> 9<BR>
<DD>>> >out<BR>
<DD>>> > > of the last 10 years). BYU/Idaho is up 1220
students. Within five<BR>
<DD>> years,<BR>
<DD>>> > > at present growth rates, BYU/Idaho will see
20,000 students and within<BR>
<DD>> 10<BR>
<DD>>> > > years 30,000. Recall, BYU/Idaho with
President Kim Clark, the<BR>
<DD>> immediate<BR>
<DD>>> > > former dean of Harvard Business School, has three
imperitives: 1)<BR>
<DD>> Vastly<BR>
<DD>>> > > increase enrollment, 2) vastly improve
educational quality, and 3)<BR>
<DD>> keep<BR>
<DD>>> > > relative educational costs down. Note that
BYU/Provo turns away<BR>
<DD>>> > > qualifiedsutdents-- about as many that apply.. I
would guess: one of<BR>
<DD>> the<BR>
<DD>>> > > church's motives for expansion. BYU/Provo is a
high educational<BR>
<DD>> quality<BR>
<DD>>> > > school. UI will most likely benefit at the
graduate level due to<BR>
<DD>> BYU/Idaho<BR>
<DD>>> > > enrollment increases and mostly likely will see a
decline in LDS kids<BR>
<DD>> at<BR>
<DD>>> > > the undergraduate level.<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > ISU has lost about10% this year ( a decline of
over 1200 ). UI<BR>
<DD>> officials<BR>
<DD>>> > > anticipated that its Twin Falls campus would
suffer large declines and<BR>
<DD>>> >made<BR>
<DD>>> > > the right move to transfer out.
Presently, UI's commendable response<BR>
<DD>> is<BR>
<DD>>> > > to place a lot of effort into recruitment and
quality, however all<BR>
<DD>> Idaho<BR>
<DD>>> > > Public Universities will following suit and the
competition will be<BR>
<DD>>> > > strong. The result may be little net
gain.<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > There will be a push by UI to have a strong
presence in CDA.<BR>
<DD>> Presently,<BR>
<DD>>> > > for example, CDA has been begging UI for a MBA
program in their<BR>
<DD>>> > > area. Money is the issue.. Gonzaga
has filled the MBA role so far<BR>
<DD>> and is<BR>
<DD>>> > > expensive. The MBA needs to be tailored for
the working professional.<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > Here is the challange: If the community
keeps up with its petty<BR>
<DD>> politics,<BR>
<DD>>> > > such as stopping safe highways, serving an
eviction notice to the<BR>
<DD>>> > > Alternative High School, not dealing with water
and other<BR>
<DD>>> > > infrastructure..schools, losing its commerical
base to the Pullman<BR>
<DD>>> > > corridor, then the UI will have to accept
declines in status, funding,<BR>
<DD>> and<BR>
<DD>>> > > enrollment. It will be like Ohio University vs
Ohio State University<BR>
<DD>> in<BR>
<DD>>> > > dealing with BSU. All of higher ed will now
have to compete with k-12<BR>
<DD>> if<BR>
<DD>>> > > the economy softens due to the sales tax
shift.<BR>
<DD>>> > > Boise will get a community college and should..
adding more<BR>
<DD>> competition<BR>
<DD>>> >for<BR>
<DD>>> > > the ed dollar.<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > Yet, there exists a tremendous potential here on
the Palouse for a<BR>
<DD>> robust<BR>
<DD>>> > > economy and thriving Universities. Think of
the possiblities in<BR>
<DD>>> > > alternative energy, global warming solutions
(after all the ozone<BR>
<DD>> layer<BR>
<DD>>> >has<BR>
<DD>>> > > almost been restored), agriculture, water,
etc. and the spin off's.<BR>
<DD>>> >Think<BR>
<DD>>> > > of how much value Schweitzer Engineering has
added to humankind and<BR>
<DD>> this<BR>
<DD>>> > > area. Think of how the UI's reputation
would be enhanced..the MIT of<BR>
<DD>> the<BR>
<DD>>> > > west. The Palouse Universities have the
potential of being defining<BR>
<DD>> 21th<BR>
<DD>>> > > Century institutions. The community must embrace
growth and change<BR>
<DD>> (the<BR>
<DD>>> > > only constant).<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > Now Tom, what are you going to do and what
postion are you going to<BR>
<DD>>> > > take? Jerry<BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > At 04:12 PM 9/26/06, Tom Trail wrote:<BR>
<DD>>> > > >Visionaires:<BR>
<DD>>> > > ><BR>
<DD>>> > > >One should keep an eye on the enrollment
trends in S.E. Idaho. The<BR>
<DD>>> > > >enrollment at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg is over
15,000, and experts<BR>
<DD>> predict<BR>
<DD>>> > > >that within a few years it will overtake BSU
and thus become the<BR>
<DD>> largest<BR>
<DD>>> > > >institution of higher learning in
Idaho. The 9% drop in enrollment<BR>
<DD>> at<BR>
<DD>>> > > >ISU may be partially attributed competition
with BYU-Idaho.<BR>
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