If they are going to offer Total Knowledge at the proposed Kansas campus, hopefully it will include Geography (SD is now the center), US History (in 1959 Alaska and Hawaii joined the USA), and Economics.
--- In [email protected], "Karen Hyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Money: This means every time a student or Sidha business person would > want to travel out from Kansas, it would be $200 more, in each > direction, than what it costs from Fairfield. Add $400 to whatever > we pay now per round trip. > > Time: Plus you would add about 1 hour more of travel to the train > station, or the nearest airport. So add 2 hours of down time for > each round trip. > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gbalmuth > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:39 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: New TM school in KS to cost $500 million - expensive > to travel > > to/from > > > > The nearest airport to Smith Center is Salina KS 2:37 hours 122 > > miles, mainly USAirways, $205 from Chicago even months in advance. > > Drive from airport services are about $200. The closest Amtrak is > > Holdrege, Nebraska 79 miles 1:43 drive. > > > > By contrast, Fairfield has CID 1:40, MLI 2:00, and DSM 2:25 with > more > > airlines, and cheaper flights. Driver services are about $100. > > Amtrak is at Mt. Pleasant 0:30 only $35 to Chicago. > > > > Sample flight comparison 3/15/2007 shows SLN about $100 more each > way > > JFK to MLI - $144 > > JFK to SLN - $241 > > > > The airport in Smith Center handles only small aircraft with a 3600 > > foot runway. Fairfield's is 5500 feet. > > > > http://smithcenterks.com > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So much Blah blah. The only problem with this > > > > > university is that it isn't going to have any students > > > > > and they'll want the faculty to teach these > > > > > nonexistent students for free. > > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if this is the death knell for MUM... > > > > > > > > > > ******* > > > > > > It seems unlikely that the money for this project is going to > > happen > > > within the foreseeable future, so MUM will continue -- the > thinking > > > being expressed on mou.org about the new school is just off-the- > > wall. > > > For instance, it's being proposed that the 10,000 students get > > loans > > > from Citibank before the school is actually built so that this > $150 > > > million in prepaid tuition could be the basis of the school's > > > construction costs -- this ain't gonna happen. > > > > > > Also, in order to avoid having to go through the ordeal of > > > accreditation for this new university, it would be declared a > > branch > > > campus of MUM Fairfield, which will automatically transfer > > > accreditation to the new school, in the unlikely event that it > > > happens (and if it does, it will only be a small school for some > > > time), so MUM will not be out of business (and most of that > > business > > > is foreign students anyway, and the new school is for U.S. > > students). > > > > > > I think the most likely outcome is that the TMO will get a few > > > concessions from local authorities and the state of KS for a > token > > > presence here in hopes that someday a big school, which would be > > good > > > for the economy of KS, actually does appear in the weeds. > > > > > >
