UVA grants "legacy" status to children of out of state alumni, and I am wondering if this is what the Board of Governors is seeking to do with UNC. If a child of a UVA graduate can gain acceptance, they receive in state tuition no matter where they live.

DD,

This is something else, I think. I think this involves the law that states that any out-of-state student who receives a full scholarship (athletic, academic or otherwise), will receive in-state tuition.

This effectively shifts the costs of the student's education away from the booster club and onto the taxpayers of NC.

It's one thing for taxpayers to offset the costs of education for NC residents. That's expensive enough without having to offset the costs for non-residents, illegal aliens, etc.

I see the other IMPROVEMENT made since yesterday is that it takes about 5 times longer to post a comment.

Any more improvements and they'll get this site to stop working altogether.

Ms. Webster, have you forgotten about the thousands of students at UNC System schools from out of state who theoretically change residence to NC for 3-5 years to receive in-state tuition? These are "leach" people who only come to NC for the low tuition anyway. Then, to even further lower the bill to mommy & daddy, they "switch" residency!

Why not work to end this as well? I am very certain that the cost of these people over the years has far surpassed $5.2 million.

While I agree with the principle of this LTTE, working to end those things and what I have referenced will be an uphill battle. As we all know, wealthy alumni/ae carry a lot of weight!

Shalom

The in-state fetish of the state legislature significantly weakens the UNC system. Look, half of the state residents don't pay income taxes anyway, so if we're worried about fairness to the "tax-payers," why not worry about this group, too?

Getting the best out-of-state students is a good investment for NC: some decent percentage of them will stay in the state and make strong contributions to the economy.