"I personally was not terribly proud of some of those centers in terms of academic quality, and they were also in places that were quite remote from our ability to easily manage." Dr. Birenbaum said. "There were a few that we closed because of the academic quality. Our major problem, though, was our inability to produce the resources to carry out the promises. " Trimming the university to a more manageable and financially responsible shape was not without its problems.