I’ve just read that SIUC is thinking about raising $100 million for the purpose of building up the University’s image (Report urges funding for SIUC image research, Oct. 20).

Why not spend that money instead to build up the University’s substance?

Hire 2,000 additional professors at $50,000 each and allocate them to those departments that are now struggling to cope with the effects of understaffing. This would promote the image of a school that cares about the quality of education that its students are getting.

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