This is not due to a lack of research or data available, but rather because people can meet informally and without the public have a transparent vision of what is happening. /what is said in meetings between the State Board of Regents and the sitting legislatures. In humans, the number of factors that determine why we make decisions may be reduced, but this can never be proven. There may also be non-measurable factors involved. That being said, based on my research and my interpretation of the data received as part of that research, I conclude that the primary factor that impacts all secondary influencing factors is the extent to which the governor and the legislature follows the major political parties. » when it comes to voting on tax policies and state budget decisions regarding postsecondary education. I arrived at this conclusion based on strong correlations between post-secondary education funding and the percentage of property taxes allowed. If one were to use this correlation as a determining factor, Texas, the exception, would be the state that places the most importance on postsecondary education and, therefore, the primary interest of the university would be more taken taken into account and appeased in Texas. If we were to consider the large number of