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<p>…the fact that USC has been aggressively recruiting internationals for many years – particuarly those that are full pay.</p>
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<p>Not sure that the cause and effect are so clearly linked…for example, UC could do what Michigan and UVa do, pick up a lot more full pay out of state students. (Michigan has been a world class Uni for as long as Cal has been.) And/or, do what 'SC does, recruit full pay internationals.</p>
<p>Sure, such would change the composition of the undergrads (to more reflect the residencies of the grad programs), but the big campuses could easily retain their ‘world class’ status. Heck, one could argue that it is the grad programs that make the campuses world class, not the composition of the undergrads.</p>