<p>All honors programs and colleges, well almost all, are better than the regular large state school courses. Arizona students and parents attend and are familiar with Arizona schools due to in-state tuition, geographical proximity and familiarity due to friends, family and alumni. ASU and U. of Arizona have weaknesses and problems that deserve attention. Neither honors college is where it should be, but that can change in the next three to six years if issues are brought out in the open and not swept under the rug and hidden, and adequate funding and proper sopport are given. Barrett opened themselves to criticism by very aggressive marketing practices and scholarship offers that it cannot and has not sustained.</p>