# Ronald Reagan University in Denver? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452 "2004-04-28T08:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452/21 "2004-04-29T21:04:48Z")
An article in the Washington Post article from yesterday said that they think the construction budget will be about $850 million. As others noted, they plan to have 10,000 students with a minimum requirement of 1400 on the SAT. The Post article also said that they plan to refuse government aid for faculty or students. Does that mean that the students won’t be able to get government guaranteed student loans? If so, then good luck to them, but I doubt the plan will be successful. Students of that caliber should be able to get a good amount in scholarships from schools with an established reputation. The $850 million construction budget is enormous enough as it is. You could probably get an existing university renamed for whomever you want if you just handed over that much money. Actually, many universities would be willing to rename an entire department or school for a tenth of that amount, or $85 million. (For example, in 1988, New York University received a gift of $30 million from Leonard N. Stern, after which they renamed the business school for him.) ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452/22 "2004-04-29T21:47:18Z")
Heck, there’s a Ronald Reagan **High School** in, of all places, San Antonio. This is just a step up. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452/23 "2004-04-30T00:53:32Z")
My home town (Yuma, AZ) has–IIRC–the first elementary school in the nation to be named after RR. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452/24 "2004-04-30T15:26:05Z")
Looks like Nancy is killing the idea anyway: [Nancy Reagan Vetoes ‘Ronald Reagan University’](http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/04/30/reagan.university.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452/25 "2004-04-30T16:07:20Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > Looks like Nancy is killing the idea anyway: > > [Nancy Reagan Vetoes ‘Ronald Reagan University’](http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/04/30/reagan.university.ap/index.html) Here’s what leaped out at me in that article: > [@](#): > > The rejection was a shock, Walker said. > > “I’m just sitting here watching Fox News and recovering with a scotch in my hand. When I wake up tomorrow, maybe I’ll think about it some more,” he said. followed by > [@](#): > > Walker said he forwarded a formal proposal to Nancy Reagan last week; his request for a meeting was turned down. He said he had spent five months searching for a family representative. Why was he shocked? If she was going to bestow her blessing, she would have agreed to meet with him, in all likelihood. If nothing else, the rejection should have been a sign. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-reagan-university-in-denver/242452.md?page=1)