UC's $417m budget crisis

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 4:38 PM PDT

2008/03/15 · 16:38

This week the Regents of the University of California will meet in San Francisco, and I’m sure part of the discussion will be how to address the $417 million gap between the regents’ budget and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal for 2008-2009. The University has already decided that they will not try to reduce enrollment for this upcoming academic year to address the shortfall, so there aren’t a lot of good options left. Unless the funding level changes, they are likely to turn to fee increases and reductions in programs and services in the short term. In the long term the University may have to look at admitting fewer eligible students, which strikes directly at one of the core principles of the California master plan for higher education.

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