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Concerns Over Proposed Cal Grants Cuts in May Revise Budget

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Cal Grant program faces cuts in governor’s budget (excerpts) Wyatt Buchanan, San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2012 Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to cut a state program that helps thousands of low- and middle-income California university students pay for tuition and other costs.  Under Brown’s revised budget plan, thousands of California college students who start their education in fall of 2013 would either be unable to qualify for a Cal Grant or would receive a much smaller grant than if they had applied this year.  Currently, students who qualify and attend either the University of California or California State University…

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More Ready, Fire, Aim from the Legislature (although UC was amended out)

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The pay cap bill described below passed the state senate yesterday. UC was amended out of the original version and – because of its constitutional autonomy – had been subject only to a suggestion. As in the recent tuition-cap bill cited in an earlier post, there is no recognition that rising student fees (said to be the motivation for the bill) are the result of actions by the legislature. Were this pay cap to be enacted, there would be blowback to UC, despite the exemption. An act to add and repeal Section 89517.5 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education,…

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Former Chancellor Young Calls for Consideration of Birgeneau Campus Autonomy Proposal

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In an email to an organization of former UC chancellors and other officials, former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young calls for serious consideration of the Birgeneau proposals for greater campus autonomy within the UC system by UCOP and the Regents.  In a blog post yesterday, the paper by UC-Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau et al calling for such autonomy was reproduced along with a (negative) response to the paper by President Yudof. Among other changes, the paper proposed campus-level Boards of Trustees.  See:http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-know-view-from-berkeley-from-ucla.html The Young email also refers to long-term funding problems from the state he foresees and suggests that greater reliance on…

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More Pay Less/Say More from the Legislature

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Say less or pay more A reporter from the Daily Bruin called my attention to the proposed state constitutional amendment that would cap the proportion of out-of-state admissions to UC.  The proposed amendment caps such admissions at 10% of total, on a campus-by-campus basis.  It would require a 2/3 vote to get to the ballot and that is very unlikely to happen and even less likely to happen in time for November 2012.  There is no quid pro quo in this amendment, i.e., so much money in exchange for the cap. The issue of out-of-state admissions has been raised in…

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LAO Report on the May Revise: UC Barely Exists

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The Legislative Analyst has issued its evaluation of the governor’s May Revise budget proposal. There is little of direct UC interest in the text. On the other hand, one would be hard put to find anything that would encourage the legislataure to “buy out” a tuition increase as the Regents wanted at their recent meeting.  There is nothing about UC pension obligations.  There might be a bit of relief for Cal Grant students at UC but even if so, the relief would come in future years. The LAO has suggestions for reframing parts of the budget which might free up…

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The Governor’s May Revise Budget (including audio)

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Governor Jerry Brown presented his May Revise budget for 2012-13 at a news conference earlier today.  It was followed by a question-and-answer session with state Finance Director Ana Matosantos.  In general terms, the May Revise followed the format of the original January proposal in that it included the assumption that voters would approve a tax initiative in November and that, if they didn’t, there would be trigger cuts.  Since January, as readers of this blog will know, revenues came in below forecast levels and a revised tax initiative was negotiated.  In addition, the state has been prevented from making certain…

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Regents to Discuss (Not Enact) Possible Future Tuition Increases at May 16 Meeting

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Excerpts from the Fresno Bee: University of California students could face significantly higher tuition if the state doesn’t increase funding and voters reject the governor’s tax initiative, school administrators said Tuesday.  Under one scenario, the 10-campus system would raise tuition by 6 percent this fall if the state doesn’t increase funding by $125 million for 2012-13, according to a document posted online ahead of next week’s UC Board of Regents meeting.  The university would need to consider a mid-year tuition increase in the “range of double digits” – or make drastic cuts to campus programs and staffing – if voters…

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Yudof notes UC support for corporate tax bill

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Excerpt from the Fresno Bee: …(UC President Yudof indicated that) UC has supported, with amendments, a bill proposed by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) that would provide students with a family income less than $150,000 a scholarship to cover about two-thirds of college fees. About 42,000 UC students would receive the Middle Class Scholarship, saving up to $8,169 per year, according to an analysis by the Assembly Democratic Caucus. Approximately 150,000 California State University students would save $4,000 each year, and the California Community Colleges would get $150 million for financial aid.  The money to fund the scholarship…

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Leaving California

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The Sacramento Bee today carries the graphic on the left accompanying a story about an increase in California high school grads who are leaving the state for college elsewhere due to rising tuition here in public higher ed and restricted admissions slots. Even though out-of-state privates have higher sticker prices for tuition than California public universities, aid of various types brings down the gap.Click on the graphic for a sharper view or go the article at the link below. The article is at http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/06/4469074/more-college-bound-californians.html Whatever happened to: Things seem to have reversed:

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Moving Toward Michigan

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This blog previously noted the rise in non-California students at UC and UCLA (who pay full tuition) that has occurred as a response to the ongoing budget crisis.  See http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/04/it-doesnt-seem-to-add-up.html.  Today, the Sacramento Bee features the story and notes the “Michigan Model” as analogous to UC’s approach.  Although UCLA has said it just adds non-state students (as opposed to displacing in-state students), it appears from the numbers as reported in the previous post that there is some displacement. Excerpts from the Bee: …UC officials are aggressively courting non-resident students through college fairs and high school counselors… System officials say the push beyond…