This is the problem when you have a small alumni base, and the typical fan has never been on campus. These narratives get pushed, because the typical fan doesn't know a **** thing about how the school runs and because we don't have a ton of alumni running around in South Florida, these narratives can run for decades, without being fact checked or corrected.
Still though, it doesn't take being an alumnus to understand that revenue comes before expenses, costs, etc... That $5B doesn't mean anything without understanding the balance sheet.
I remember someone saying that despite the beaches, despite the modern architecture, despite the glitz and glamour South Florida was closer to Alabama than NYC if you compared educational attainment and income.
You don't think UT Austin is a very liberal university or Oregon? Good lord.
All speculation if the Admiral would have been better. Most flag officers are clueless outside of the protected world of the Five-sided Wind Tunnel. Trust me I'd to see Frenk gone for a lot of reasons.
Number 1 reason my son did not go to the USAFA to play lacrosse was the following. Cadet walks in and says we have created a new wing function--the diversity office and we are going to look at unconscious bias. My son says out loud enough to hear, "what the fucque?" That is how he picked Miami. He looks at me and says, At least at Miami I can roll my eyes. I cannot here."
