In his latest Business Report column, Rolfe McCollister discusses attracting and retaining young talent as a key to Capital Region growth, highlighting the magnet that is LSU. However, that’s because Alabama has been recruiting out-of-state students for years, with 60% of its student body already coming from out of state, McCollister writes. In-state tuition is now $11,954, and out-of-state tuition is $28,631, McCollister goes on to say. Alabama’s large percentage of out-of-state students has for years helped fund its higher ed mission. Southern University and Southern Law seem to have a combined total of 2,500 out-of-state students.