without the AA, Georgia Tech the school would have to charge higher admission and other fees of the students.
You love to argue just to argue. The way you weakly worded your statement, it's impossible to argue. But I want to drop off some facts about GT finances because posters love to mention the impact football or student tuition has on the Institute:
Revenue from faculty research: $755 MM
Revenue from tuition and fees: $271 MM
Revenue from State Government: $207 MM
Revenue from Aux services: $100 MM
Revenue from donations: $32 MM
Everything else: $82 MM
This excludes GTF, which GT doesn't need to operate, just for new buildings and scholarships, but even if you throw that in, donations are 5% of the Institute revenue.
Revenue from faculty research: $755 MM
Revenue from tuition and fees: $271 MM
Revenue from State Government: $207 MM
Revenue from Aux services: $100 + 105 = 205 MM
Revenue from donations: $32 + 63 = 95 MM
Revenue from GTF investments: $23 MM
Everything else: $82 + 4 = $86 MM
One more interesting fact:
Revenue from tuition and fees: $271 MM
Collected tuition and fees: ~$540 MM
Where is the difference? Subsidizing Ft. Valley State, Georgia Southern, Atlanta Metropolitan College, etc.