It won't be good for the Hawai'i archipelago if you have only high demand, high technology, vocational programs at the UH system. You also want to offer some programs to balance the needs of society, like Hawaiian Studies, Political Science, Art, History, Chinese language, Linguistics, Ethnic Studies, etc. After all, we can't all be, nor should want to be highly paid rocket scientists, business administration majors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, physicians, etc. Money isn't everything. Also, you want to think about how to decide which programs would be cut if state tax revenues decline.
Students are adults, taxpayers and eligible voters.
We have a right to say what we believe is good for ourselves as individuals. This should be integrated into the public policy decision-making process as well. We're not children. Of course, someone has to look out for what is best for society as a whole. Most public policy decision-makers are somewhere in the middle of these two extremes in the decision making style spectrum.