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State Needs

"Another advantage to growing," Mr.
Shannon continued, "is that you are fulfilling
the needs of the state; and Virginia is a rapidly
growing state. There is an increasing number of
high school graduates going to college, although
we are still behind national averages."

"Other state tax supported universities are
growing as well. But even if you admit the same
percentage of the total state pool, because the
pool is growing, you have to admit a larger
number of students," he explained.

Commenting on the effects of growth on
the percentage of out-of-state students at the
University Mr. Shannon warned, "If we
restricted growth of enrollment
drastically, the state taxpayers might say that if
their sons and daughters who have good
academic qualifications were not admitted, why
were we admitting out-of-state students?"

"Our main concern is not parking garages,"
he maintained.