> let the rich kids subsidize it for everyone else
The state schools already do this. It's called "out of state tuition". For example, UC Berkeley charges California residents $14k/yr tuition while everyone else pays $44k/yr. Not surprisingly, the number of out of state students admitted to the UC system is increasing every year. [0]
The problem is at some point in the future the university only accepts the actually paying kind of students. This is already an issue for the UC system.
The state schools already do this. It's called "out of state tuition". For example, UC Berkeley charges California residents $14k/yr tuition while everyone else pays $44k/yr. Not surprisingly, the number of out of state students admitted to the UC system is increasing every year. [0]
[0]https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-plannin...