<p>It only gets bigger and bigger. Why was it that two years ago the UC campuses decided to decrease class size instead of raising fees (or was it both)? Now it seems that both class size and fees are being raised at the same time (though this year the increase was matched by the governor).</p>
<p>It's nice to meet a lot of people... but there is just too... many!</p>
<p>Fees will not be raised if a Democrat is elected governer; they will actually be lowered (at least if Phil Angelides is the Democrat). </p>
<p>DONT FORGET TO VOTE!</p>
<p>Did you read the rest of his platform? He wants to increase UC enrollment by allowing the top ~20% of California students rather than the current 12.5%, which will mean a decrease in the quality of UC student body and a even bigger increase in class sizes. He also wants to increase the capacity of the CSU system which is pointless since the CSU system isn't even close to reaching its current capacity. Don't just listen to the ads on TV... though I'm not assuming you did not.</p>
<p>On a side note, UC Merced wanted 800 students and 450 accepted :/</p>
<p>I'm sorry unlimited, I will never consider an increase in enrollment a bad thing; the UC system should increase enrollment for the rest of time. An increase in enrollment doesn't necessarily mean a lower student faculty ratio, etc.</p>
<p>UC is a public university system; the goal is to enroll as many California students as possible within the higher education system.</p>
<p>Mission Statement </p>
<p>"The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge."</p>
<p>"the goal is to enroll as many California students as possible within the higher education system." is not an explicit part of the official UC mission :p</p>
<p>I said I would limit my participation at cc. Yet I am here again.</p>
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<p>You're right, but it's a likely outcome. Berkeley has only so much space and so much money. I think it's about at a limit for students it should accept yearly. It does not have infinite space or money for classrooms, housing, professorial paychecks or offices. And he said "student quality," which means he's worried that with more students, fewer will be better prepared.</p>
<p>Here's UCSC's perspective on enrollment increases based on it's unique situation.</p>