re: Forbes: America's Top Universities '13 list out...SEC schools ranking

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Now the campus has doubled with most of the scholarships going out of state, and I have not seen a bit of relevant academic improvement other than some stupid rankings that mean nothing to employers. What is so wrong with having a state funded university designed to benefit the residents of the State of Alabama?

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As an Alabama taxpayer, I agree with you. I was told the out of state students are keeping the doors open at both AU and UA. The mission of both schools have been lost due to chasing these rankings. The information I posted about UA was from a HS Counselor who graduate from UA. They were concerned that for the sake of growth, the school was watering down the acceptance standards at a time when the opposite should happen. That marketing was becoming more important than educating. They also felt that by placing an enrollment cap at AU with no instate number requirements, the school was shuting out the Alabama High School graduate.