The out of state enrollment is not sitting well with some State Legislators. There is a lot of taxpayer money going to support the Operational Cost of University to educate kids from TX, GA, FL and MS. These kids then leave the state after they graduate and do not provide any tax base. In the mean time, kids from the state are seeing their tuition increase every year to cover Dr. Witt's dream of the 35K. It is a good model for the University, but a bad model for the state. Look for more articles in al.com on this subject in the near future.

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Posted by NBamaAlum

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Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:23 pm to Irons Puppet

Thanks, Scarbinsky.

We all eagerly await your hard hitting column.

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Posted by Old Hellen Yeller

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Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:28 pm to Irons Puppet

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The out of state enrollment is not sitting well with some State Legislators.

Nor is it sitting well with some AU fans, apparently

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Posted by EKG

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Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:32 pm to Irons Puppet

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There is a lot of taxpayer money going to support the Operational Cost of University to educate kids from TX, GA, FL and MS. These kids then leave the state after they graduate and do not provide any tax base.

Your university makes the bulk of its money off of endowments, and grants/grad students.
I guarantee you that at an indirect cost share of 45.6% for the university from every grant dollar your grad students receive, your legislators couldn't give a crap from where those students come.

Now if your state doesn't have the means to accommodate its own undergraduate state students, that's a different story. Otherwise, most state universities are more than happy to jack up out-of-state tuition for "foreigners," and take every research dime from out-of-state grad students that they can procure.

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Posted by coachcrisp

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Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:35 pm to Irons Puppet

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The out of state enrollment is not sitting well with some State Legislators. There is a lot of taxpayer money going to support the Operational Cost of University to educate kids from TX, GA, FL and MS. These kids then leave the state after they graduate and do not provide any tax base. In the mean time, kids from the state are seeing their tuition increase every year to cover Dr. Witt's dream of the 35K. It is a good model for the University, but a bad model for the state. Look for more articles in al.com on this subject in the near future.

Obviously the people in Tuscaloosa are happy with it. Their economy is almost recession proof. If Alabama provided the business and professional opportunities that other states offered, there'd be no problem, plus instate students also leave for career opportunities not available in Alabama...besides Witt's in the education business, not the tax collecting business.