Higher Education in California: One State, Two Systems.

<p>Most of the CSUs are predominantly commuter campuses already (note: CSU is much larger than UC). And UC and CSU policy is to accept a large percentage of students as junior transfers from community colleges, most of which have nearly all commuter students, many of whom transfer to a UC or CSU that they can commute to.</p>

<p>The proposed policy in #15 would be more limiting to students from lower income families. For example, a student from a lower income family in Oakland who wants to major in architecture may be well prepared to go to a four year school as a freshman, but not be able to get into the local state university that offers the major (Berkeley). S/he may be able to get into other state universities like the Cal Polys, UCLA, and UCSB, but would not be able to afford to do so under the proposed policy. Going to community college and then transferring would remain as an option, but then the policy could prevent the student from finishing the bachelor’s degree if s/he did not get into Berkeley, even if s/he did get into a Cal Poly, UCLA, or UCSB.</p>