Analysis: In a medical education space race, the U of I makes its move

Analysis: In a medical education space race, the U of I makes its move

(UPDATED, 3:02 p.m., with a statement from the State Board of Education.) The University of Idaho is making its move in the medical education space race. The U of I wants to convert 8,200 square feet at its Idaho Water Center in downtown Boise, creating room for a burgeoning medical education partnership with the University of Utah. Maybe it’s a good use of $8.5 million. Maybe it isn’t. But it is what the Legislature encouraged this winter, with…