Tyson Felder

English 1101
Professor Hughes
4-11-2016

Should public universities neglect in-state students more?

Im sorry to inform you but you havent been accepted to our university. School is something
that you go to all your life with dreams of eventually get that college degree. You start off in
elementary school where you learn the basics of life really. Then you move on to middle school
where you start to hear about college vaguely, but you still hear about it. Then high school, yes
high school is the time where you really have to start narrowing down that dream college.
Fortunately, your college is in the state, so you apply and wait in which it feels like its forever,
but only two to three weeks at most. You open the letter and you see youve been denied well
this makes you wonder what did I do wrong? I requirements and I even had a few accolades that
set apart. In the New York Times debate, Are Public Universities Neglecting In-state students?
Hans Johnson, Margurite Roza, and Ozan Jaquette discuss flagship universities have decreased
their in state acceptance. Well, of course two sides to every story.
public universities sought to (Jaquette). according to the Washington Post, the University of
Alabamas students have more than 60% of incoming freshmen are out of state Bennett,
(Washington post). Why is this you might ask, well the main issue is money. See universities say
they arent in it for the money but they like to capitalize on each and ever student. Out of state
student pay almost double as much as in state student which is a main reason as to why people
thing in-state is just not in-style. According to the Washington post Forty-three of the 50 schools

known as state flagships enrolled a smaller share of freshmen from within their states in 2014
than they had a decade earlier, federal data show (Post). When student hear this they become
scared and enraged especially if their dream school was in state because they had a worse chance
than someone in state.

Now, with that in mind lets look at the other side of the story as to why these public colleges are
accepting so many out of state students. Diversity as according to Texas A&Ms president our
demand curve is extremely high for in state kids (Post). Their goal is to make college
multicultural because it sets students up better after they graduate. Diversity promotes creative
thinking. It does so by teaching you how to view the world in an expanded viewpoint and
consider multiple options instead of viewing it in one single lens (US News). Diversity also
enriches the multiple perspectives (Us News). Now another reason as to why Public universities
are all for out of state students is because it brings in more revenue to the college. Stuart R. Bell
the president is upbeat about the growth of out of state students because it brings in so much
more revenue. The university of Alabama in state tuition is about $9,410 while out of state is
$23,893 respectively. There is a 150 percent premium. This brings in revenue for not only the
school, but the state and this is one of the claims that are made towards as to why public
universities are leaning towards accepting out of state rather than giving the hometown discount.

Well then after hearing each side do you think there can be a compromise? Well its been given
attention that there could be an increase in local taxes so schools could start accepting in state,
and it would offset the price as if they were out of state. With this proposal thought it promotes a
problem with the tax payers because theyre already paying high enough taxes and shouldnt
have to give the big public universities any more money especially if they claim to be non for
profit.

Works Cited
Anderson, Nick, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel. "Nation's Prominent Public Universities Are
Shifting to Out-of-state Students." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web. 14 Apr.
2016.

Hyman, Jermery S., and Lynn F. Jacobs12. "Why Does Diversity at College Matter
Anyway?" US News. U.S.News & World Report, 12 Aug. 2009. Web. 14 Apr. 2016.

Mckenna5, Laura. "The Allure of out of State Students." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company,
5 Oct. 2015. Web. 14 Apr. 2016.

Johnson, Hans, Margurite Roza, and Ozan Jaquette. "Are Public Universities Neglecting in State

Students." New York Times. New York Times, 11 Apr. 2016. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.