When states cut funding to public higher education, universities usually raise tuition. That's nothing new. What is new is the trend of administrators deciding to seek more out-of-state students to shore up their revenue. States have long been slicing away higher ed appropriations, which has declined nationwide since 1985 and has led to a 559 percent increase in the cost to attend college. However, there's only so much they can raise tuition. Now state colleges are increasingly looking for non-residents, who pay a tuition bill sometimes as much as three times higher than in-state residents who are subsidized by state dollars.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/public-universities-increse-out-of-state_n_1872570.html?utm_hp_ref=college
