State flagship financial aid: merit or need?

@austinmshauri I really tried to state the issue in the most neutral way possible, but sounds like you think I failed at that. :)>-

Just to clarify a point or two. It sounds like you think there would be significant “leakage” in any attempt to keep the A group in the state after graduation then, correct? That while an incentive to keep them in-state could be a good thing, it doesn’t work well?

Also, when you say you prefer an educated populace, how would the directional option factor into your thinking? Obviously direction U graduates are educated too, right?