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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you, Mr. Crabtree, for posting this
column.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The column clearly states that the Yardley
Report, a report that says &#8220;some graduate programs at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> are in dire straits, and face
tough challenges if they are ever to be competitive again&#8221;, is flawed as
reflected in statements made by UI Provost Doug Baker.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I, therefore, appreciate Dale Courtney&#8217;s
attempt at condemning such a faulty report and eagerly await his public
commentary in rebuttal to the Yardley report.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> g. crabtree
[mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 29, 2007
7:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tom Hansen; '<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> Vision 2020'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] >From the
Local Tattler - UI grad programs facechallenges</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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following article ran in&nbsp;today&#8217;s <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Lewiston
Tribune</font></i></em>.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
new report says some graduate programs at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
are in dire straits, and face tough challenges if they are ever to be
competitive again</span></font></b></strong>.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But one
faculty leader said Friday the report is &quot;deeply flawed,&quot; and Provost
Doug Baker said that while it could serve as a valuable catalyst to improve
graduate programs, it should be taken with a grain of salt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&quot;The
president (Tim White) and I sensed we needed to take a good look at graduate
programs and research, and make sure they were on good footing,&quot; Baker
said when reached by phone while vacationing in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But Baker
cautioned</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <strong><b><font
color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:red'>the</span></font></b></strong><font
color=red><span style='color:red'> <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">UI-commissioned
report by the Yardley Research Group</font></b></strong></span></font></span></font>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">used year-old data. Much has changed
since then</font></b></strong>, he said.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hope
that answers your question.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>g</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" title="thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com" title="jampot@roadrunner.com">'g. crabtree'</a>
; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">'Moscow
Vision 2020'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Saturday, December
29, 2007 6:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: [Vision2020]
>From the Local Tattler - UI grad programs facechallenges<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>g stated:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&#8220;In answer to your question, do you
suppose he could be referring to &#8216;the U of I commissioned report by the
Yardley Research Group&#8217; as stated in today's Lewiston Morning Tribune and
mentioned prominently in Dale's post?&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As I posted Courtney&#8217;s &#8220;UI
grad programs faces challenges&#8221; column in its entirety, would you be so
kind as to show us where exactly the &quot;U of I commissioned report by the
Yardley Research Group&quot; is &#8220;mentioned prominently in Dale's
post&#8221;?&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Or is this a simple example of
Courtney&#8217;s journalistic ineptitude, complete with its typical lack of
substantiation?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Seeya round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom &#8220;who graduated with an
accredited degree from UI&#8221; Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> g. crabtree
[mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 29, 2007
6:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] >From the
Local Tattler - UI grad programs facechallenges</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In answer to your question, do you suppose&nbsp;he could be
referring to&nbsp;&quot;the U of I commissioned report by the Yardley Research
Group&quot; as stated in today's Lewiston Morning Tribune and mentioned
prominently in Dale's post? You know what they say, &quot;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Reading</st1:City></st1:place> is fundamental.&quot;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" title="thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision
2020</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Saturday, December
29, 2007 5:06 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Vision2020] From
the Local Tattler - UI grad programs facechallenges<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>From Right-Mind at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2007/12/29/57007.aspx">http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2007/12/29/57007.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:40 PM <a
href="http://right-mind.us/members/Right-Mind.aspx">Right-Mind</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt'>UI
grad programs face challenges <span title="Not yet rated" id="ctl00_Main_ctl04"><img
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border=0 width=5 height=12 id="_x0000_i1034"
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I understand that the report is rife with factual errors. And not just spin,
but untrue facts are presented, then critiqued. There will be much more about
this report in the near future. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Standby
for heavy seas, as we say. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Question for &#8220;Comb-Over&#8221;:&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; What
&#8220;report&#8221;?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Last year the UI Graduate Program denied admission to two
New Saint Andrews College graduates primarily because their transcripts did not
reflect completion of any courses administered by a properly accredited school,
and now (conceivably as a measure of retribution) we have this unsubstantiated
attack against the UI Graduate Program.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Note to &#8220;Comb-Over&#8221;:&nbsp; If I were you, I
wouldn&#8217;t be so concerned about the &#8220;heavy seas&#8221; as I would be
concerned about keeping my dinghy afloat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Seeya
round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
&quot;If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling
around in your head, I'd read your blog.&quot;<br>
<br>
- Bill Maher</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

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