. . . now it is education. WVU has unleashed an unrelenting campaign to dominate the medical field in about 54 of West Virginia's 55 counties. (I believe that there was also something out not too long ago that it was even planning to open some type of pediatric care facility somewhere in Cabell County along Route 60). All in accord with President Gordon Gee's public announcement not that long ago that WVU was out to "Capture Southern WV"!! Now, announcement out today in the press that WVU has signed up 50 educators in Kanawha County to obtain a free master's degree in education, starting in August of this year.
If Marshall and its "leadership" is still trying to figure out its enrollment "problem", declining, stagnant, failing to grow, or however one wants to describe it, the school first of all needs to look at what WVU's aims, policies and goals are vis-a-vis higher education in WV. Brad Smith came from the Business World to Higher Education in West Virginia. The sooner he realizes that said field of higher education in this State is as dog-eat-dog and cutthroat competitive as anything he encountered on the Left Coast, the better off he will be in dealing with the political world of higher education as it exists today in WV! And that goes DOUBLE when you are dealing with a scurrilous, devious and lying POS such as the WVU President. The sooner that President Smith realizes that fact and forgets the "nice guy, let's all get along, work together CRAP", etc., etc., the better off he, and Marshall will be in the long run. He needs to, first and foremost, watch his and MU's backsides 24-7. 365. Then he needs to start vigorously promoting MU and making it more visible, via advertising, and other PR means, etc., in other areas away from the Huntington area. The sooner Smith realizes this and initiates stronger actions in the above areas the better for Marshall overall, IMO!!