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Governor Brown Warns UC Tuition Will Take Off If There is a Cuts-Only Budget

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From the San Jose Mercury-News today:…In an address Wednesday to the California Hospital Association, Brown said UC undergraduate fees could hit $20,000 to $25,000 a year if the Legislature approves and he signs an all-cuts budget. Current fees are nearly $12,000 for in-state students, plus thousands more for books and other fees, and are scheduled to rise by more than $900 a year next fall. Brown said California’s universities and colleges are its “engine of creativity and wealth and well-being. It’s going to make it harder for people to go to school. You have higher loans, and the quality of…

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Regents Ponder Questions (With the aid of a management consultant)

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At the upcoming Regents session scheduled for the Ides of March, the Regents have invited a management consultant to help them ponder questions such as those below: * How can a more diverse student body be supported during a period of flattening or declining federal/or state appropriation? * How do we attract target students with the capacity to provide competitive tuition subsidization that is competitive with peer institutions? * Is the University effectively evaluating alternatives to traditional education practices (e.g. three year degrees, a multi-year tuition schedule) to help address student access and affordability issues? * How robustly is the…

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LAO Suggests Higher Ed Affordability Issue Needs to Refocus Away from Annual Tuition Sticker Price

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In testimony before the Assembly Higher Ed committee, LAO spokesperson Judy Heiman presented an overview of financial aid and affordability in California higher ed. The presentation was low key, reviewing various programs such as Cal Grants. With regard to tuition, she suggested that the legislature has been overly focused on the sticker price of annual tuition. One of the bullet points on her charts reads: Shifting policy focus away from “How can we minimize the price students pay, no matter the cost to the state?” and toward “How can we make a quality postsecondary education affordable?” Another suggestion involves varying…

Texas Gov. Perry Proposes Dirt Cheap $10,000 BA

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Insider Higher Ed today pointed me to Texas Governor Perry’s proposal for a $10,000 BA. From http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Perry-proposes-10000-bachelor-degree During his state of the state address Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry said it is time for colleges and universities to lay out a low-cost path to a degree. “It’s time for a bold, Texas-style solution to their challenge that I’m sure the brightest minds in their universities can devise,” said Perry. “Today I’m challenging our institutions of higher education to develop bachelors degrees that cost not more than $10,000 including textbooks.” It is a goal Perry said could be reached with online courses…

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Video of Yudof Testimony on Budget Cut at State Assembly

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UC President Yudof testified at the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Educational Finance last Monday. Below are videos of his testimony and questions-and-answers with assembly members. The video is divided into two parts because of time-limits on Facebook. As a previous post noted, he indicated that there would not be another tuition hike in response to the governor’s proposed budget cut for UC. But that was contingent on, among other things, voter passage of the governor’s proposed tax extensions. Also notable was Yudof’s remark that tuition hikes help low-income students because of the recycling of one third of tuition revenue…

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Yudof: No Tuition Hike This Year If Voters Behave

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UC, CSU Avoid Fee Increases Despite Budget Cuts Feb. 7, 2011, CBS Los Angeles SACRAMENTO (AP) — The chancellors of the University of California and California State University systems say they don’t plan to seek student fees increases this year, despite a state budget proposal that calls for deep cuts to higher education. But UC Chancellor Mark Yudof and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said Monday that promise won’t hold if Californians don’t agree to tax extensions that Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing for the June ballot… Full article at http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/07/uc-csu-avoid-fee-increases-despite-budget-cuts/# Note: There may be less here than meets the eye….

As We Approach Valentine’s Day, It’s Nice to Know That UC Tuition Promotes Marriage

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Marriages Made in Tuition Heaven: Some UC students have gotten married to snare in-state tuition rates, saving thousands Tess Townsend, Bay Area Citizen, 2-5-11 Most people find friends on Facebook. Others find husbands. A University of California, Berkeley, student from the Midwest felt she couldn’t afford the annual $30,000 in student fees, including $20,000 in out-of-state tuition. She posted that she was looking for a husband on a Facebook page titled “In State Tuition for Out of Staters!” (The woman requested anonymity out of fear of repercussions from the UC.) An out-of-state student whom she didn’t know responded to her…

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Tuition Chart

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The chart above from the Sacramento Bee shows the trend in tuition at UC and CSU since the 1960s. Source: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the-public-eye/2011/01/csu-uc-fees-outpace-inflation.html It’s just love from the state at work:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFnyiIrPM0&w=480&h=390]

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70% Tuition Hike? Thanks for the Suggestion, Joe!

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Joe Mathews pens a blog item with a scare headline on tuition and then suggests we put UC tuition increases on the ballot. Thanks for both helpful thoughts, Joe. PS: You can do better. Could a 70 Percent Tuition Increase Be in UC’s Future? PropZero blog of KNBC, Joe Mathews, 1-21-11 At the University of California, there’s a rule of thumb: for every $100 million that the university system loses in public support, fees (now being called tuition) goes up by 7 percent. So let’s do some facile math. With Gov. Brown proposing to cut $500 million from UC (a…

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LA Times Editorial Calls for Cutting UC Enrollment Due to Budget Crisis

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Editorial: LA Times To save UC, cut enrollment: The options are all grim, but the priority must be to maintain the system’s prestigious standing. (excerpt) Jan. 21, 2011 In response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to slash $500 million from the University of California budget, UC President Mark G. Yudof said this week that he might be forced to flout the state’s 50-year-old Master Plan for Higher Education by reducing enrollment by thousands of students who otherwise would qualify for entrance. It’s unclear whether Yudof meant that as a strategic threat or as a plan, but we’re afraid it may…