To the editor:

To use a hackneyed phrase, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why good people are fleeing Kansas University. Three articles in Saturday’s Journal-World clearly demonstrate that the state of Kansas does not support quality education. KU Endowment should not have to ante up funds to support fine researchers.  KPERS is cheating its teachers and other education-related personnel. The Regents are too narrow-minded to see the value of a liberal arts education.

We will continue to lose the Jeff Aubes, Danny Andersons (dean of the College), and Jonathan Earles (director of the honors program) from the KU faculty, and we should applaud them for having the good sense to leave a state which so shortchanges its students.