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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (242079)	1/14/2014 10:51:12 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541528

I didn't get that at all. The point is that some students--economically disadvantaged--got subsidized while another wealthier albeit still not "wealthy" in an absolute sense didn't. What you are saying is the spin that is put on what happened. I read the article. I still think that the whiners are being a-holes.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (242079)	1/14/2014 12:27:56 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541528

The point of the article was that the tuition costs were raised for one economic group and not another by College Administrators at public universities without public debate about the fairness of this. In other words, they decided to unlevel the playing field unilaterally. You've, in my view, accurately stated the point of the article. I'm arguing the article is not only wrong, it's malicious public policy. To restate my point, tuition monies go into the general operating budget; they are not "set aside" for this or that. If some state legislator successfully mandates such bookkeeping, then it happens but it's fictional, reflects us-against-them bigotry, and should not be permitted. Public universities should have very broad leeway to determine how to allocate their budgets. Letting legislators get into telling universities where to spend the money allocated is very, very dangerous waters. It's the kind of waters that ruins great state universities.