“The fact that between states defunding their universities and universities preferring OOS dollars to serving the people of their state (I’m looking at YOU California and the UCs!!)”
I mentioned this on another thread, the UCs have a 81% in-state enrollment, higher than UVA and and about the same as UNC, both of which have quotas on OOS applicants. In fact UVA’s quota is 33% and that’s where they are with OOS, UNC’s is 18% and they’re known to be the toughest for OOS applicants. But UC’s are also very tough for OOS, they don’t accept anyone OOS just because they have money. If your argument is that all state schools should have 100% in-state enrollment, that’s fine. If your argument is that UC love full-pay OOS, that’s pretty far from the truth. In fact the UCs and CSUs do a very good job of providing economic mobility for low-income CA students, probably better than any other state for their residents.