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

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This is laughable. Proration of higher education is now, and has ALWAYS been the first thing cut when the legislature needs some extra dollars. It has nothing to do with enrollment. Alabama and Auburn are only nominally state funded institutions these days.

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Dumbass, are you arguing what I said that the Legislature isn't going to increase funding because the Universities want to grow ? The Legislature has increased funding everywhere except higher education. It has been at a level funding the last few years. They did claim they couldn't increase funding because of the popularity of a Veterans Scholarship Program, so the cut that program. If you talk to any of them, they will tell you that they fund the Universities at a level to educate the children of Alabama (with help of In state tuition), but it falls short when the schools have to spread it over 30K+ Students. Hard to argue with that.