In article , analogdial writes:
George Cornelius wrote:
George [an out of state graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology in
then Mayor Richard J. Daley's neighborhood in the South Side, and perhaps
a recipient, indirectly, of State funds in receiving a scholarship from
that school]

No doubt you've paid it back many times over! A worthy public
investment indeed!!

Unclear where their funds came from, and lots of students were
there on "Illinois State Scholarships".

I suspect selected out of state students were recruited to help
keep their average SAT scores up due to a (generally reasonable)
policy of preferring local students. Not affirmative action,
since that had not really hit the colleges, or at least the
private schools, yet, just preference for the community that
supports you.

But there were some folks who paid their own way, and there were
alumni donors who, like me in this era, did their best to provide
younger folks some of the advantages they received.

George