<p>Settler, immigrant. Never heard of the Office of Settlers, only the Office of Immigration. As for living in another county for an extended period of time or perhaps permanently, members of my family are referred to as Ex-Pat’s, by themselves and by people in the country they now reside. I had no idea referring to someone as an immigrant was a slur. I’m still unsure about Black vs African American- when to use what. It will be so nice in about 2 more generations- everyone will be so mixed it will be moot.</p>
<p>african american= descendants of enslaved africans from the united states of america. also ‘black’, but specific to usa. african european/mexican/colombian/etc. are not african american. ‘black’ is the more general term for anyone of african descent, regardless of where in the diaspora they were born.</p>
<p>as to the mixed issue: it won’t be a moot point. please see brasil. lol</p>
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<p>What?! So Obama is not the first African-American president and Colin Powell was not the first African-American appointed US Secretary of State and to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff? </p>
<p>Not sure that most Americans would agree with the above definition.</p>
<p>UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s op-ed piece in the LA Times:</p>
<p>[Cuts</a> to higher education: California’s future at stake - latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-block-uc-20110417,0,1984529.story]Cuts”>Cuts to higher education: The Master Plan turncoats)</p>
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<p>It’s irresponsible of Block to shift blame entirely to the legislature for the UC budget crisis. Everything I’ve read indicates that the problems with the UC system are just as much a product of bad internal administration as they are budget cuts from the legislature. Seems absurd that Block is arguing for even more taxes in CA – arn’t its residents already the highest-taxed in the country?</p>
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<p>It would be helpful to know how this amount figures in UCLA’s entire budget.</p>
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<p>Block doesn’t provide any factual explanations for why tuition increased so much in the past ten years, or how enrollment will be affected at all (didn’t UCLA receive something like 50,000 applications?), or how he knows that students will be saddled with a lot of debt. Where is his evidence for all of this? For all we know, UCLA mismanaged its funds and had to raise tuition, its enrollment will continue as is, and poorer students will choose cheaper alternatives which will increase in stature with a flood of bright lower-income kids.</p>
<p>Block received a salary of $416K plus substantial perks and benefits that CEOs of large universities receive. Perhaps he could set an example for the legislature and take a pay cut to show his concern for his students.</p>
<p>30% of admitted students this year are from OOS, resulting in many well-qualified Californians to be denied by UCLA, Cal, and UCSD. This is a slap in the face for Californians who lived here their whole life. That’s why I’m packing my bags and moving to Texas to establish residency and attend UT Austin. I don’t want to stay in CA knowing that almost all of my income tax money is going to pay for prison inmates.</p>
<p>Sigh, Californians voted for too much entitled spending when times were good…</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. Let those unqualified students go elsewhere.</p>
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<p>How did Alexandra Wallace get into UCLA?</p>
<p>So a school with no advising, over-crowded classes or unavailable classes, sky-rocketing tuition and numerous other short-comings is still better because the admissions rate is down? That is dumb thinking.</p>
<p>I am not sure if anyone else has mentioned in this thread that many divorced parents are only including the assets and income of one parent to determine financial aid for the UC’s. I mention this because I know of a few kids with very rich fathers who are attending a UC for virtually nothing. I know that in each case the father would have been willing to pay, but it was so easy not to include their finances on the financial aid application, they went that route. It is maddening that Ca. is asking the taxpayers to pay additional taxes when you see abuses of this nature. Before asking for more tax revenue, they should clean up their act. Has anyone else heard of this type of thing happening?</p>
<p>ALL divorced students only report custodial parent financials on FAFSA, and most state schools including UCs use FAFSA only to determine financial aid. Now any child support and payments from the non custodial parent to the custodial parent and child is supposed to be included. If the payments are going into accounts regularly, an audit can ensue, and certainly if these transactions show up on tax forms they will easily be spotlighted. But all systems have cheaters, and if the money is being slipped to the family in cash, it is difficult to track.</p>
<p>Many kids whose parents own small business with decent homes, properties, cars also receive a lot of financial aid money.</p>
<p>I’m not from CA, I’m not a US citizen, I’m not a US resident. After skimming this thread, my conclusion is that international/OOS may be better off avoiding reputable colleges/universities in CA (except private schools) for the time being. As far as I know there are no plans to drastically increase the fees for international/OOS students, but I’m not so sure that our students will be offered the same quality as in the past.
It is very hard to get a good reputation, but it is so easy to lose it. And it takes forever to regain it.</p>
<p>My son’s friend who is an international student from Asai was accepted to UCLA with a $5K award. Still very expensive , but savings in distance from home as he is now flying from the east coast. He’s thrilled. He did not get much else in scholarships.</p>
<p>The way the US dollar is going, it’s getting cheaper everyday for international students.</p>
<p>“The way the US dollar is going, it’s getting cheaper everyday for international students.”</p>
<p>May be true, but dollars can be used all over the US. Cheaper dollars can be used to pay for education in other states. Also, if the dollar would become more expensive then parents/students will probably be even more quality conscious.</p>
<p>“My son’s friend who is an international student from Asai was accepted to UCLA with a $5K award. Still very expensive , but savings in distance from home as he is now flying from the east coast. He’s thrilled. He did not get much else in scholarships.”</p>
<p>That’s now! I’m much more concerned about a future decrease in quality and a potential devaluation of CA diplomas as a result of it.</p>
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<p>Every time when in state student fees (tuition) are raised, the nonresident tuition is also raised and by a larger amount (maybe by a similar proportion). </p>
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<p>Though UCs are becoming more expensive, especially for international and out of state students, it has not materially affected the instruction or research of the universities. State provides little money towards research. Though I am very unhappy about the financial situation of the UCs and the administers, the reputation and rankings (especially of the graduate programs, which are more important for their international rankings) of Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, etc have not suffered much and are not likely to change in the near future.</p>