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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Will American colleges drop the preferential treatment they tend to give US applicants?
Will state schools, especially now that less funding comes from state sources, stop giving preference to in-state applicants?[/b]
There are a lot of distinctions that could be dropped if schools just want the "best" academic profiles. With more international and out-of-state students, it would also increase overall diversity (though probably not particular types of racial diversity).[/quote]

Stupid questions.  These institutions ARE taxpayer funded (in the case of Publics) and heavily taxpayer subsidized (in the case of Privates).  Why the F would you want them to NOT take care of taxpayers first?  At this point, we don't really need foreigners for diversity.  You need a Chinese kid, admit a US born Chinese.  They are lining up, begging you to take their $$.  Not Chinese enough for your taste? Go do a 6-month study abroad in China.  All this BS needs to stop. [/quote]

Private non-profit universities count federal funds as an average 14% of total revenue, most of which comes from research grants for the benefit of the government that have their own contractual obligations unrelated to undergraduate education. That is far from "heavily taxpayer subsidized."[/quote]

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