<p>From the COHE...</p>
<p>"....Some public colleges, such as the University of Alabama, have said that they are working to increase their out-of-state student populations this fall. They hope their efforts to recruit out-of-state students will generate revenue that could allow them to avoid layoffs or other budget cuts.</p>
<p>Florida State University ramped up its out-of-state recruiting this year, hoping to increase its percentage of out-of-state freshman from 7 percent last year to 8 percent this year.</p>
<p>Other institutions, though, say they remain committed to keeping the ratio of out-of-state to in-state students low, despite tight budgets.</p>
<p>The University of California, for example, plans to hold constant its relatively low percentage of out-of-state students at about 5 percent, even as budget shortfalls have led the system to raise in-state tuition and cut enrollment. Lawmakers have attached stipulations to state funds encouraging California's colleges to admit few out-of-state students.</p>
<p>As for Mr. Paauw, the rising freshman at Washington State, the choice to stay in state has taken some financial pressure off him and his family.</p>
<p>He says two private colleges offered him generous financial-aid packages to try to lure him out of state. But his in-state option was still a much better financial deal.</p>
<p>"My dad wasn't pushing me to go to a public or private; he just told me that the privates might be a little harder to pay for, and that I might have to take out some loans," Mr. Paauw says. "The decision I made was a good one."</p>