State Colleges Seeking More Out-of-State, International Students Amid Fiscal Crunch (Diverse)

With public universities getting less of their funding from the states, it?s hard to argue that their priority should be state residents, according to Dr. Carlos Santiago, chief executive officer of the Hispanic College Fund.Santiago believes people don?t fault flagships such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison for aiming to become global institutions, with global impact. While serving as chancellor at UW-Milwaukee, he said he told legislators his school was a Wisconsin institution and deserved support as such.