With hundreds of colleges on its fringes, out-of-state institutions can be closer than in-state ones.

During the 1980's, 350 foreign and many out-of-state financial institutions opened regional operations here.

The investment can also be applied to private colleges or out-of-state institutions, although without the guarantee that it will cover full tuition.

It also authorizes numerous private and out-of-state institutions to operate in the state.

Two of the big banks were taken over by large out-of-state institutions early in the rescue process.

The bill would pay for the care of 30 to 40 profoundly disabled young adults who were sent as children to live in out-of-state institutions.

New York had been threatening to stop paying for their care in out-of-state institutions.

Of those who do go to college, too many choose out-of-state institutions, creating a double whammy for Connecticut colleges.

Datahr's goal is to bring back to New York the hundreds of people who are in out-of-state institutions.

The result has been a hodgepodge of regulation that, among other things, gives states the power to prevent out-of-state institutions from coming in.