In other words they stuck the bill for their trans-gender studies ultimately on the backs of their responsible peers, who worked their way through school, rather than through parasitizing taxpayers.
As mine did for me and my wife and I did for our kids. It's what substance-free parents - that sacrifice personal desires and instead drive around in 10-year old cars and skip vacations - do to raise kids.
However studies show that young people that work their way through college do generally perform better than their peers whose tuitions are paid, because they become more skilled at time management.