@rubyyy There’s a common calculus for state university systems. They can have two of the following: lots of in-state students, reduced budgets, and a quality education. The state of California has cut the UC system’s funding, leaving them with a choice of accepting more OOS students or making the UC system worse. They’ve chosen the former.
There’s a $25,000 difference in tuition for in-state students and OOS students, so the 30,000+ internationals and OOS students in the UC system provide nearly $800 million in funding for the state’s public universities. If Californians want to reduce the OOS population by, say, 20,000, they should be prepared to pony up $500 million via state funding or tuition increases, because the money isn’t going to appear out of thin air.