... or... fund all universities adequately and remove ALL international restrictions on attendance and make tuition completely uniform globally.

(sure... that'll happen, right?)

In all seriousness, though, I think that educational underwriting is a different animal than research monies from tax dollars. Different mission-- the one is about having a well-educated population to contribute to one's national economy, and the other is about innovation and discovery.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.