re: So the u of Bama wants to become more yankee?

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All those out of state students will leave AL in the rearveiw mirror after they get their degree


Even if this were true (it's only true to an extent) how is this any different than any other university? College graduates follow jobs. I know several UA grads from Georgia that moved to New York when they graduated. They're set to move back to Birmingham in the next few months

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Because when you expand your student population to the numbers we have seen in recent years, you have to build more dorms, schoolrooms, roads, traffic light etc. Since High Education has not had funding increased by the State Legislature in recent years, those cost are passed on to the students. Those out of state students will gladly pay the increase because they are usually supplemented by those scholarships or they can not get into their own state schools. The instate student families continue to see tuition increase and are suffering because of this growth. They are the ones who will most likely contribute to the future taxbase after graduation, so out pricing them serves zero benefits to the state. The State of Alabama has become an education mercenary similar to the University of Phoenix, and people are afraid to challenge the PTB because of the success of the Football Programs.