Math and science academy at Marshall?

In one conversation early this year, Stephen Kopp, president of Marshall University, said he would like to establish a math and science academy on the Marshall campus for high school students. It wouldn't be a residential academy. Students would come from high schools in this general area. But it would be a place for gifted students to study on a college campus in a college atmosphere.

Kentucky has just started its residential academy on the campus of Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, bringing memories of Kopp's dream.

It's obviously not a high or public priority for Kopp, as he has talked about it little in the subsequent months. But it's worth pursuing.