Proposed Tuition Increase - University of California

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<p>Here is a recent article about trends in tuition+fees and financial aid at UCs and CSUs.
<a href=“http://edsource.org/2014/financial-aid-protected-some-uc-csu-students/69902#.VG-52lJ0wy8”>Financial aid protected some UC, CSU students | EdSource;

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<p>Well, about 42% of UC students get Pell Grants, and the threshold for getting Pell Grants is lower than that needed to get a level of UC financial aid that cancels out tuition.</p>

<p>The UC net price calculators look like they give a net price of FAFSA EFC plus a $8,500 to $10,000 student contribution (depending on campus) for in-state students. So, if UC financial aid policy remains the same, the tuition increase will only affect those whose FAFSA EFC is high enough that FAFSA EFC plus the student contribution was already higher than the current cost of attendance.</p>

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<p>Of the students who are full pay, I suspect that most are having their tuition paid by parents or grandparents. So we are the ones who should be chanting outside the Regent’s meeting. </p>

<p>I recently read that the UC system currently receives almost $500 million less in state support than it did in 2007-08, despite continued growth in enrollment during that time. Our governor feels we still have lots of cutting to do before we hit bone. His push is for structural changes such as an increase online courses, graduation in 3 years and elimination of ‘redundant programs’ on different campuses. I haven’t hear details of his vision for eliminating programs on certain campuses, but it seems to imply that incoming freshman would have fewer options for changing majors at a particular campus. Or perhaps they can ride the new bullet train to other campuses to complete their schedule.</p>

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<p>Good point. I can hear the conductor now, “Next Stop, Merced”. (Of course, that is the only stop.) hahahahaha</p>

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<p>^^Especially since UC Merced is in the middle of nowhere - it feels so isolated! Plenty of room there to build a track for that bullet train. </p>

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<p>^^ You do not spend $100 Billion to solve a $100 Million problem, Modesto, Merced…my word.</p>

<p>Since Droid is used in deliver Amazon goods, perhaps we can see them picking up students and fly all over the place :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>I’d be interested to know how much the UC system receives in Cal Grant funds from the state. Isn’t that just a different way to get tax payer money?</p>

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<p>Fro 1991 to 2010, UC management employment grew 220%. Total employment grew 47%. </p>

<p><a href=“Management growth at UC | Gas station without pumps”>http://gasstationwithoutpumps.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/03/30/management-growth-at-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, “Once again, the story is not that colleges have gotten more expensive, but that the nearly constant cost has been transferred from the state to the students.”</p>

<p><a href=“Cost of college remarkably stable | Gas station without pumps”>http://gasstationwithoutpumps.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2012/05/15/cost-of-college-remarkably-stable/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>“Fro 1991 to 2010, UC management employment grew 220%. Total employment grew 47%.”</p>

<p>That is a major problem and DW’s complaint. They hire a LOT of MANAGERs that has no employees working for them. Since employees are unionized, the schools tried to avoid them like a plague not to hire or even replace any employees. Some lifers in the school do not work or do not even come to work and the management does nothing about it.</p>

<p>The Unionization is killing the school system…</p>