"After the University of Idaho announced its planned purchase of the University of Phoenix, I asked an official at the State Board of Education how they managed to square the plan with the state constitution, which says such arrangements are unconstitutional.
The answer was one I’d heard many times over many years from government officials: “We had a lot of smart people looking at this, and it’s all perfectly legal.” Well, a month after the plan went public, we’re learning that at least part of the proposal needed to be revised."