text: For someone who works at UAF, it seems to me that the focus has always been Anchorage First. UAF has a renowned engineering department so the legislature provides funds to build an engineering building - at UAA. We get a shell. We have internationally acclaimed scientists at UAF and so UAA is allowed to create science programs that confer Masters and doctoral degrees, both of which were and are already available at UAF. Sixty-five percent of Alaskans live in southcentral and so most of the legislators are from southcentral. The legislature is largely to blame for the excessive money spent on duplication at UA. The idea behind Strategic Pathways, if I understand it correctly, is that each of the three MAUs will have a focus yet all will continue to offer the courses that are required as general education requirements. I agree that the faculty and public should have a significant role in affecting the decisions being made re. the university but I advise against holding your breath.