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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hopefully Virginia has to do the same [/quote]

We need this. UVA, WM, VT, and JMU are admitting a ton of kids from NJ lately. [/quote]

Noooo, people forget that schools like UVA are valued commodities because of selectivity. Don’t bring down the schools admission standards for instate kids with lower stats. This the reason that Michigan has increased in rankings while UNC has moved down. Michigan increased the number of oos students.[/quote]

Sadly, Michigan increased the number of oos students to net more money, not because Michigan seniors are dumber than the rest of the country. The state coffers have largely dried up and they need to get money from somewhere. I've been guessing that also happened to UVA. Wonder what will be the economic hit for CA systems.[/quote]

Think the Michigan legislature only pays 3% of UM's budget.[/quote]

It is about 3.6%, but those stats are wildly misleading.  A more realistic percentage could be about 10X as high.  The medical center is over half (53%) of UM's $9B budget and it is predominantly funded, as you would expect, by patient fees.  Take out other areas where you would have no expectation for (or authorization to use) state appropriation funding (external sponsored research, athletics, housing, food) and you are left with activities (instruction, financial aid, administration) that will be closer to $2B, so the state appropriation is actually covering over 16%.  But consider again that states appropriate to support only in-state students and about 50% of Michigan's undergraduates are actually OOS, and you can see that the state is actually supporting about a third of the expected cost for in-state undergraduates.  
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