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Idea to send:	Topic quality and affordable college education Content Years ago, students from all over the country would come to Oklahoma to attend college because the out-of-state tuition was actually lower than their in-state tuition. Certainly, some would attend school and then go back to their home state, but many stayed and became positive additions to the workforce here. Also, the specific schools within the universities that have built strong reputations across the country should be bolstered to be even better which will draw more students to the state. Schools such as the meteorology school at OU, the accounting school at OSU, the pharmacy school at Tumbleweed Tech (Southwestern), and a host of others. I understand that the infrastructure to accommodate an influx of additional students would need to take place first, but the draw of a more affordable college education could encourage nonresidents to try Oklahoma and residents to stay put. How to pay for it? Wait. I thought revenues from the lottery were going to allow the state to do a lot more for students in Oklahoma. Maybe that will happen sometime... Oil revenues have increased the states revenues to be sure. That should be a viable source. Also, is the state getting an appropriate amount of taxes from the casino industry? That is an awfully large amount of revenue leaving the state untaxed (allegedly).