Much2learn wrote:
That is not true. UIUC could stop spending Illinois tax dollars on engineering and business school capacity that they then sell off to China.
@ucbalumnus "The international students’ tuition very likely exceeds the school’s spending on their education.
This is probably the case for most state universities with respect to non-resident students (domestic or international)."
True, but public state universities are there for State and US students. Plus, they didn’t take the more lucrative option, they took both options: the money from the state and the money from the Intl students. Grrrrr