This. My niece graduated from Mizzou last spring. She said that there were nearly 20 kids from her graduating class at BHS that made the trek to Columbia. And this was before the financial crisis. Illinois schools are expensiveJHBird said:What's really hurting those schools is the percent of Illinois high school kids who are leaving the state to go to college. That percent is going up (probably due to the state finances).
StLRedbird said:This. My niece graduated from Mizzou last spring. She said that there were nearly 20 kids from her graduating class at BHS that made the trek to Columbia. And this was before the financial crisis. Illinois schools are expensiveJHBird said:What's really hurting those schools is the percent of Illinois high school kids who are leaving the state to go to college. That percent is going up (probably due to the state finances).
States west of the Mississippi support their public universities better than Illinois does, with or without the financial crisis. Can't speak to the ones east of my native state. Really, it makes the performance of ISU in that environment all the more remarkable.JHBird said:Funny, my friend's daughter from Normal also wants to go to Mizzou. He said it wasn't that expensive to go there.
StLRedbird said:States west of the Mississippi support their public universities better than Illinois does, with or without the financial crisis. Can't speak to the ones east of my native state. Really, it makes the performance of ISU in that environment all the more remarkable.JHBird said:Funny, my friend's daughter from Normal also wants to go to Mizzou. He said it wasn't that expensive to go there.