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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]In order to increase capacity, they have to also increase faculty.   They would have to increase dorms and also the surrounding town would need more apartments, grocery stores, and other businesses  suited for college students (I think the local residents are already not pleased with the growth that has already happened.  They'd need to increase the food services on campus.   So many things would need to be increased and it's not just as simple as "just admit more students."[/quote][/b]

Exactly, this is why UVA can't grow further (although it does buy real estate when it can), same as other land-locked older schools like Harvard and Yale.  T[b]hat is why the legislature is pumping money into GMU, JMU, etc. etc. and not UVA.  UVA is almost entirely self-funded now.[/b][/quote]

Lo[b]ok at the state budget.  UVA gets higher general fund appropriations per in state student than GMU or JMU.  What you said is a common misconception.[/quote][/b]

False, UVA receives less than 6 percent of its budget from the state:

As of 2013, UVA's $1.4 billion academic budget is paid for primarily by tuition and fees (32%), research grants (23%), endowment and gifts (19%), and sales and services (12%).[107] The university receives 10% of its academic funds through state appropriation from the Commonwealth of Virginia.[107] For the overall (including non-academic) university budget of $2.6 billion, 45% comes from medical patient revenue.[107] [b]The Commonwealth contributes less than 6%.[[/b]107][/quote]

It isn't false.  UVA gets significantly more state general fund appropriations per Full Time equivalent in state student than GMU or JMU.  What you cited had nothing to do with that.[/quote]

True.  UVA gets 43% more in state general fund appropriations (state money) than JMU and and 40% more per FTE than GMU.

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=finance.FP01_Report&rdRequestForwarding=Form

SCHEV Home > Higher Ed Data > Appropriations[/quote]

I think a big chunk of that goes to UVA’ s Medical Center, no?[/quote]

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