<p>* But that plus a $14k tuition is crazy*</p>
<p>Well, that’s not “high” for UCLA, Cal, and maybe UCSD. But it is high for UCR and UCMerced.</p>
<p>UCLA and Cal could raise their fees to $25k per year and they’d still get a gazillion apps. </p>
<p>That said, a portion of that $14k is being used to fund the Blue and Gold promise.</p>
<p>I do think the R&B that the UC’s charge is ridiculous, especially for triples.</p>
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<p>Your proposal is probably of small magnitude in terms of overall savings for UC and CSU, but its major impact would likely be on the small number of non-wealthy but brilliant students who would benefit most from the possibility of having more choices of state universities beyond their local ones, which may have an adequate-for-most-but-lacking-for-the-brilliant degree program in their major (the non-brilliant would likely go to their local CSU as they do now, while the wealthy would not be affected in their choice of schools).</p>
<p>It is not obvious that most people would consider these students to be the least deserving students who should get less financial aid. Indeed, the purpose of the state universities is to provide the opportunity for the better students from non-wealthy families to get post-secondary education which will help them be more valuable contributors to the state economy in the future, benefiting all state residents; your proposal would limit the most brilliant such students to the detriment of the state economy in the future.</p>
<p>They continue to cry poverty yet the construction of new buildings on campuses continues, somehow there is money for in-state tuition and scholarships for illegal immigrants and the administrators receive lavish salaries.</p>
<p>^ That’s true. Berkeley’s operating budget has increased every year despite the cries of poverty. Difference is source of this revenue…biggest parts are now federal funding and tuition/fees. The capital investment is being financed through (a lot of) debt. With the feds looking to cut back, I predict even more difficult times for research universities.</p>