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[QUOTE="cuseinchina, post: 618373, member: 3079"]
Those kids used to get a good combination of grants and loans that made SU a more compelling value vs public institutions when we were ranked in the 30's and had prestige factor that went beyond that ranking in NYC where so many of the grads wind up. Believe me I was one of those kids and knew many of them. Now that scholarship money is being funneled to the lower end of the applicant pool which causes a suffering in the rankings and takes funding away from the 'sweet spot'.
 
I am in no way convinced that becoming a state school would help athletics. You would immediately lower revenue with drastic tuition cuts coupled with some government subsidy. I don't think you could increase the student body much beyond what Nancy has already done without a big expansion of facilities that would take years. And I again I don't see evidence that the state of New York would do anything but crush an atheletic department budget. Look at the northeastern public schools - which one looks like Ohio state?? Uconn? Umass? Maryland???? Not buying into it.
 
And really as an alumnus I hope it would never be considered. For full disclosure I am an affirmative action loving slightly left of center Obama guy - I just think the university needs a sustainable admissions model and doesn't have it at the moment...which long-term bodes poorly for athletics as well.
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