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Old 08-20-2012, 10:18 PM
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That helps, but the fact that Georgia, Florida and other states offer their students free tuition is one of the big reasons.
It's great that they get free tuition (paid for by lotteries), but that means the in-state schools now have their choice of students...thus they can be pickier about the GPAs they'll accept.
Which means they fill up their freshman classes with higher-achieving students...leaving those with lower grades (and sometimes only slightly lower) out in the cold, and forced to attend an out-of-state school unless they want to go the private school route.
At the same time, UA has been offering free full rides to National Merit finalists, and other generous scholarships to high-achieving students. The newer dorms appeal to freshmen...nice recreation centers...honors college...and so on.
Add to all that - a sluggish economy means fewer jobs, so more people staying in school longer.
In the long run, I doubt the growth will continue. Things will slow down eventually.
Yep, and in Texas they've had the ten, now I think eight percent law about everybody in that top percent of their high school graduating class being guaranteed admission to the Texas state-supported school of their choice. That's a similar factor as well. Do you remember that column in the Crimson White last year from a Texas girl at the Capstone entitled "Sweet Home Ala-Texas?!"
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