re: Texas, send us your poor oppressed white kids.

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I would say all of it is kinda bullshite.

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there are a lot of sides to the issue and it really depends on what you think a state university's mission is. That's the crux of it and when you hear people arguing sides, it's usually because they fundamentally disagree with what the mission should be...for example

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Arkansas benefits from it, though

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From another point of view, I would say Texas is the beneficiary. Texas subsidizes higher education via state schools. The goal of that is to provide a benefit to citizens (taxpayers) and to provide employers (taxpayers) with an educated workforce.

In this case, most of those students go to Arkansas and get a degree and then move back to Texas to work. So Arkansas is essentially bearing the role Texas taxpayers would otherwise be lifting.

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McKinney is an hour closer to Fayetteville than it is to Lubbock,

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Easy choice to make if you live in McKinney (DFW). Drive to Lubbock or drive to Fayetteville?

I love Texas but if I was not smart enough to get into A&M, I certainly would not want to spend four years in Lubbock. I'd head to Arkansas....and make the Deans List.