Not only does the recent Regents decision increase the gap between these two figures, but in the long run, it could inhibit campus's goal of becoming a first-class institution.
Campus is the system's flagship institution.
Therefore, administrators have made it their goal to attract the best and brightest students and faculty members to boost campus's image and rankings. But if the cost for these students rises much more, campus may be forfeiting top students and that much-desired rise in status. We want the best and brightest in-state students, but outside of this state it seems campus is seeking cash. Tuition, if it is raised at all, should be raised equally across the board. Talk of a 4 percent cap is just talk if it's implemented selectively.