Tell me if this is not what they are doing throw? Willing to cost the entire university system accreditation for their own little power grab? Do you understand what a metaphor is? Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush". Since this is a Republican proposal it is not being political but factual. This entire thread is based on politics so you can not leave politics out of the discussion.