Florida universities face the most unwise cuts of all

By Howard Troxler of the St. Pete Times on Cuts ot Higher Education

Here are two pieces of wisdom I heard last week.

(1) You can't cut off a tree branch and say, "I'll put it back later."

(2) If you have one cup of water left and a pump that needs priming, it's smarter to prime the pump than to drink the water.

Both the "tree" and the "pump" represent our state university system.

If it's a tree, it took many years to get where it is. Hack it off, and it will take many years more to grow back.

If it's a pump, we can use it to nourish and save our state — or we can drink that last cup of water, claiming that today's thirst justifies it, and squander the future.

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