Sure, they can deprive the idea of state funding, and discriminate against it in credential-centric systems. But ultimately, if you can manage a nearly-as-good

Sure, they can deprive the idea of state funding, and discriminate against it in credential-centric systems. But ultimately, if you can manage a nearly-as-good (or in some cases, better) education, for $10K true out-of-pocket cost rather than $200K+, then eventually a lot more people will complete, and be loyal to, the $10K system than the legacy $200K+ one.