As a former student of all three major branches of UA and a former adjunct faculty member of UAF, I can say with 100% certainty that the UA system is extremely dysfunctional, ineffective, and rarely provides an education that serves the students well in finding employment.  My experience was one filled with self-serving professors who were more concerned with either establishing their own academic legacies or pushing a political agenda than they were providing their students with a solid and meaningful education.  I feel the proposed cuts to UA are not nearly enough.  It's time for UA to either step up to the plate and produce a product or go out of business!