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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would gladly shut down UDC and require to DC to contribute that money to a federal pot if it meant DC kids could get in-state tuition anywhere in the country.

-DC Resident[/quote]

In-state tuition anywhere in the country would be amazing for D.C. residents, but I still don't see why any other state would want to agree to it. There's no way D.C. and the feds combined would kick in enough money [b]to cover the full cost difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition [/b]for D.C. students. And it's not like most public universities -- especially affordable ones -- are in dire need of applicants such that they need to offer some incentive to D.C. residents to look there. Why would this come to pass, other than because it'd be good?[/quote]

The out-of-state tuition number is completely made up by public university systems. It's basically the Suckers Rate and they are happy to have some wealthy OOS parent pay it in order for forgo raising tuition and/or taxes on local residents. The gap between in-state and OOS tuition grows wider every year and that's not because OOS kids simply "cost more" to the system. It's subsidy. [/quote]

Sure, but still, the states don't have any incentive to expand the number of students who are eligible to NOT pay the suckers rate.[/quote]
It depends on the state. In many states
OOS tuition is the difference in per student cost minus state subsidies. So if the state budgets $1.5 billion for higher education to serve 50,000 students then the OOS tuition is set at 30,000 higher per student to offset.

In practice however, state universities love OOS students and take as many as they can without upsetting the legislature in order to maximize revenue. [/quote]

There's no state where the residents of the state would be better off if D.C. residents also got in-state tuition to their state universities.[/quote]

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