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Taking the state out of state colleges

Stateline.org

March 10, 2010

So-called privatization proposals have come up in every recession for the last 20 years, and a few states have loosened the reins on their top universities. The result is that a handful of the nation's top-ranked state universities gradually have become more like private institutions - with less state support, more out-of-state students and tuitions that exceed the average price tag for private colleges, about $26,000 per year.

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