You&#x27;re not entirely wrong, but due to funding models of state colleges, these priorities may be a bit different.<p>In Ohio, for quite some time, state funding was based on enrollment, so that&#x27;s what state universities did: enroll as many students as they could.<p>Then, it was decided that enrollment was a terrible thing to incentivize because the incremental enrollees were far more likely to drop out. So the state switched to funding based on graduation numbers, so retention and graduation are far more important and universities have tightened their enrollment standards and started building stronger relationships with community colleges.