Bailouts

The chancellor and vice chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, Robert J. Birgeneau and Frank D. Yeary, write in the WaPo:

Specifically, the federal government should create a hybrid model in which a limited number of our great public research and teaching universities receive basic operating support from the federal government and their respective state governments. Washington might initially choose a representative set of schools, perhaps based on their research achievements, their success in graduating students, commitment to public service and their record in having a student body that is broadly representative of society.

Sounds like somebody wants a bailout because their state is run incompetently. Believe me fellas, you'll eventually rue the day if federal government bails you out.

I gotta give them credit for the ballsiness of it though. Let's define a set of criteria within which Berkeley and a "limited number" of other schools fall, but most importantly Berkeley, then argue Uncle Sam needs to fund them.