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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a law that keeps those numbers artificially low? Non-resident and international students are a cash cow and their stronger stats would likely get UVA over the hump and into the top 20.[/quote]

There's absolutely no reason Virginia residents should support or care about any of this.
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What's wrong with a flagship public university being more diverse and broadminded? University of Michigan has long been about 50% non-resident and international students and nobody in the state of Michigan cares. I can't tried a single article, column or editorial on the topic. And nothing on record by any legislators or governors.[/quote]

How do you know that UVA isn't "diverse and broadminded" enough already with the 30% OOS and 5% international that it already has? What level of each is required to achieve "diverse and broadminded" enough for you? Given that there are only a limited number of slots at UVA, and increasing OOS / international necessarily comes at the expense of in-state students, I can't see why any Virginia resident would care about increasing the number of OOS / international students for such a nebulous purpose.

But the main point is that Virginia residents have no reason to care that OOS / international students would supposedly "get UVA over the hump and into the top 20".[/quote]

Non-residents and international also bring in a boatload of money. Double the tuition revenue a commonwealth student pays.[/quote]

That’s no reason for Virginia residents to care or support bringing more of those kids in. If you live here, that doesn’t do your kid any good. Might even hurt your kid to the extent OOS/international shut out in-state kids.[/quote]

It can benefit in-state kids because they pay more than the cost of attendance, so they are in essence subsidizing in-state students.[/quote]

You're really naive if you think any of that subsidy is going to get passed on to your in-state kid. If you're a Virginia resident, you'd be better off agitating for more state money going to the university rather than hoping that more OOS/international kids (who are, I repeat, likely going to displace Virginia kids) are going to somehow bring your costs down.

UVA is such a good deal for state residents that the optimum policy is really "UVA should admit [b]zero [/b]OOS/international students, keep it all for in-state kids, we don't mind paying."[/quote]

The tuition and fees they pay contribute to make UVA what it is, and they contribute significantly more toward than in state students.  So don't think of it as a subsidy if you don't want to, but it balances the books.[/quote]

Which does you no good, as a Virginia resident, if it means your kid can't attend because they're admitting more OOS/international students instead of in-state students.[/quote]

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