This is not due to a lack of research or available data, but rather the fact that people can meet informally and without transparent public insight of what happens/what is said in meetings between the State Board of Regents and incumbent legislatures. With humans, the amount of factors that influence why we make decisions can be small, but can never be proven. Non-measurable factors may also be involved. That said, based on my research and my interpretation of the data received from that research, I conclude that the primary factor that spills over into all the secondary influencing factors is how closely the governor and legislature follow the major political parties platform when it's about voting on tax policies and state budget decisions regarding postsecondary education. I came to this conclusion based on strong correlations between postsecondary education funding and the percentage of property taxes allowed. If one were to use this correlation as a determining factor, Texas, the outlier, would be the state that places the greatest emphasis on post-secondary education and therefore the University's primary interest would be most addressed and appeased in Texas. If you looked at the numbers of