They'll tell you they're saving your life, while they strangle you to death. Thanks to the Legislature's budget cuts and war on the UA bureaucracy, the already limited higher education opportunities in Alaska are diminishing, and access to schools Outside is being impaired. I've had some great classes taught by excellent instructors, but as my cost as a student has gone up, classes have been cut, the library continues to decline, science lab equipment has deteriorated, etc., etc., etc. This guy wants to be governor. Certainly, the program's expensive.
Medical school is expensive.
Perhaps some minor revisions in the program may be appropriate, but elimination of the WAMI program will deny medical school access to many talented Alaskan students. I'd personally much rather spend public dollars to send a few Alaskans to medical school than to send any legislators on a junket to Russia. Professional career opportunities in Alaska are limited. Where do students in the fields of dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, etc. Thanks a lot, Republican majority.