The DFL put Johnson on the Board as he was a DFLer at the time. It’s always been partisan, but Regent selection is just as partisan when governors appoint and even in states like Nebraska where they are popularly elected.

@Citizen. I am always entertained by your ever-so-slightly-but-still-only-partially–informed thoughts. The first Universities in Europe and later in the U.S. were not formed by governments, but private interests, including churches. t was not until faculty were organized for the purpose of political muscle did higher education become unattainable to those with low means, which now means middle-class kids because aid is available to low income students and the wealthy have means.

You confuse conservatism with partisanship. I’m not really surprised. It suits your needs to do so, and again, you are not nearly as bright as you have lead yourself to think. A conservative does not necessarily believe in Creationism. Nor does a conservative necessarily not care about the poor. Rather, the conservative does not believe it is proper or beneficial for the coercive power of government to be unrestrained.

Virtually every atrocity committed on a grand scale is committed using the coercive power of government unrestrained. The Third Reich loved education, just like the Left today, as long is it was their type of education, just like the Left today. Unrestrained government is fantastic when it is controlled by people with whom you agree. When you don’t agree with them, it doesn’t end well. Government within its proper limits is beautiful, promotes pursuit of improvement by all who are able, and does not discriminate based on philosophy. Take your time with this one.