Governor Walker stated:

"The appointment of regionally-based representatives would undermine the great efforts made to continue to develop the university system in a collaborative manner,"

I completely agree with Governor Walker. I wonder, however, what the basis for the choice of the current members of the Board of Regents was. Compared to the Board of Regents of public and private universities in the lower 48, the qualification of the members of our Board of Regents is, on average, inadequate. Their knowledge regarding higher education and research is rather poor. During the past, this Board of Regents made decisions that can only be assessed as counter-productive with respect to higher education and research. 

In addition, eight-year terms are unacceptable. These terms should be reduced to four years.