<p>Indeed, UCB, what California has is goal conflict. “Access” is paramount in the minds of the politicians, and thus the Regents. And that is why using UVa and UMich as examples is probably not realistic. Each UC campus is comprised of 33% Pell Grantees by design; i.e., “access” to low income kids. In contrast, UVa (and W&M) is 11%, and Michigan is 16% Pell grantees. But one must also be cognizant of the recent trend at Charlottesville – it was only a few years ago that UVA was 7% Pell Grantees, i.e., a rather wealthy student body in comparison to kids at the Univ of Cal. </p>
<p>While providing much greater access to low income families (relative to other state flagships) may be excellent public policy, all of that financial aid has to come from somewhere.</p>