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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They really should just get rid of DC TAG and all the funding brinksmanship and just give DC kids in-state tuition at any public university in the US. Those universities already get a HUGE amount of federal funding and subsidies in research dollars, Pell grants, student loans, plus their IRS non-profit status that absolves them from paying federal taxes on their income. [/quote]

Sure, but what's the incentive for anyone except D.C. residents to want to do this? The federal government won't want to pay more than TAG costs; other states won't particularly want to just give discounted tuition to out-of-state D.C. kids. It's a good idea with absolutely no prayer of finding a political coalition to support it.[/quote]

Here's a better idea:  Sell or transfer over UDC to the University of Maryland to become a Washington DC campus.  DC can contribute the same subsidy to UMD that it does to fund UDC.  UMD would have total control, including over hiring and tenure at former UDC.  Let DC students apply in-state to UMD, with an option to start at Van Ness and move over to College Park.  [/quote]

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