yeah, it's a money thing http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/opinion/higher-education-in-illinois-is-dying.html?_r=0
I can't say that I would blame a kid for choosing another school rather than running the risk of having no FA in the Fall. Public universities should be exactly that; public. We should use public funding to promote their use for and by the public in the same way the "public" cares for and maintains parks and roads.
