I remember when he was profiled on 60 Minutes. He got rougher treatment than Saddam Hussein or Kim Jong Il ever did.
I did get a masters from BU at night. Money's worth? Well, in the roughly 3.5 years or so, tuition per a course went up about $500, around a 25% increase from when I started.
From what I remember at the time, BU was something like the 4th largest private school in the US, the second with the international students enrolled (one prof said Silber was very good at marketing the school in foreign countries, while another was peeved at the level of English proficiency of some, slowing down his teaching).
I voted for Silber in the gubernatorial primary. His opponent, the "establishment" Dem, had me washing my eyes from slime just looking at him.
I ended up for Weld in the general.