re: Why does LSU admissions take Louisiana kids for granted?

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because they charge more for out of state tuition

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This is the correct answer. In state residents are forced to pay taxes that fund the school whether they go there or not. Out of state tuition is more money for the school and international students is more money than out of state students. So they go for the money.

Acknowledging that in-state residents were likely paying into the University of Wisconsin system for decades, the schools would require a certain percentage of admissions to be Wisconsin residents. A noble and understandable position...reward the people who have been supporting you (forcibly) with more access. But as tuitions have skyrocketed and schools continue to need to spend more, those requirements have relaxed and we see this (note the 72.5% requirement lifting in 2015) :



I don't know how they were able to get that through, but it's bullshite and hurts the residents of the state. Cool, the school is charging a lot more but the value of the school to Wisconsin residents continues to decline, and the state pays the price as out of state and international students are more likely to go back where they came from and you see the state getting dumber because of it.

I know this is an LSU thread, but the idea is the same.