The University of California-Irvine’s brand-new law school is offering the best and the brightest a three-year free ride, a project underwritten by donations from law firms. What if the University of Texas at San Antonio did the same to promote energy sustainability by partnering with engineering and architecture firms who would then hire and retain these graduates schooled in sustainability?

Rivard is the editor of the San Antonio Express-News.

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