<p>^^^</p>
<p>What F/A does UCs pay for? UCs don’t pay for the subsidized student loans in kid’s F/A packages. UCs don’t pay for the Pell Grants, the Smart Grants, or the Cal Grants. </p>
<p>Are there some work/study jobs that the UCs are paying for that the federal gov’t isn’t paying for? If so, that money would be spent either way…either by hiring a student to do the work, or paying an outsider to do the work. So, if that’s the case, then the F/A portion isn’t driving up the costs…especially since hiring a student is probably cheaper than hiring an outsider.</p>
<p>Do the UCs use the so-called F/A portion of tuition to pay TAs? Is that what they’re calling F/A?</p>
<p>That 1/3 statement isn’t even a quote in the article. Where is the data that supports that claim?? And…the claim isn’t that 1/3 of tuition goes to aid; the claim is 1/3 of the increase goes to aid (but, again, offers no proof of that.)</p>