No Surprise…States are making decisions across this country as to how this recession will impact their post-secondary universities. What is surprising is that their choices are not all the same. California falls in what I will call the shrink wrap mode–shrink number of freshmen spaces, freeze mid-year transfers, raise tuition and reduce faculty and student services.Washington has always strived to better California public universities so they too have followed their lead and adopted the shrink-wrap mode. In sharp contrast, Oregon lawmakers have decided to allow enrollment to grow to meet demand, increased student aid and no tuition hikes all paid for by increased corporate taxes because it believes the corporations will benefit from the educated work force. Only time will tell which model was correct in the long-run. At least for short-term, its better to be a Duck than a Husky or a Bear.