<p>OAKLAND (AP) The University of California has proposed raising tuition by more than 30% next year as part of its plan to address rising costs and deep cuts in state funding.
UC officials Thursday released a plan Thursday that calls for a 15% increase in undergraduate fees starting in the winter and spring 2010 terms, followed by another 15% hike next fall.</p>
<p>If approved, in-state undergraduate fees would rise by 32% to $10,302, which doesn't include campus fees that average $930. The proposed increases would come on top of a 9.3% fee increase approved in May. Fees for graduate students and nonresident undergraduates would rise by similar amounts.</p>
<p>The 10-campus system is also considering charging additional fees for undergraduates who major in professional degree programs in fields such as business and engineering, starting in 2010-11.</p>
<p>The UC Board of Regents plans to discuss the fee increases and other measures to raise revenue and cut costs when it meets next week. It is expected to vote on the proposals at its November meeting.</p>
<p>The university also is proposing to cut freshman enrollment by an additional 2,300 students, or 7%. That would follow a similar enrollment cut that brought the size of this fall's entering class to about 35,300 freshmen.</p>
<p>UC officials say the moves are needed to preserve the quality of education as the university grapples with a 20% drop in state funding and increased operating costs.</p>
<p>The university is laying off hundreds of employees, cutting courses and academic programs, and imposing furloughs for most of its 180,000 workers.</p>
<p>“God we are seriously the unluckiest generation of college students.”</p>
<p>I feel bad for the students who graduated these past few years. they emerged from UC into one of the worst job markets in history. hopefully by the time we graduate, the economy will have recovered enough to offer our class much better job prospects.</p>
<p>The UC’s are a ridiculously good value at their present cost. They are consistently at the top of the public university rankings. If charging more money and cutting the number of admits is what it will take to preserve the quality of education; so be it. It will still be a great deal.</p>
<p>They probably will to “preserve the quality of education”. Probably not as drastic as freshmen admissions though , and they’ve faced cuts last semester too.</p>
<p>It is more likely they will cut down on freshman admission rather than transfer admission because it is unpredictable how freshmen will do in college while transfer students have proven that they can handle college coursework.</p>
<p>In the 60’s and 70’s the UC’s were world class universities and tution was $400. I have met so many baby boomers that graduated from UCB or UCLA with no debt and paid $25 a semester. </p>
<p>If this keeps going, the UC system will slowly fall and no longer be world renowned.</p>
<p>Call the governator and ask him why he keeps cutting CC and CSU and UC budgets, but REFUSES to raise taxes on the oil companies that are making RECORD profits.</p>
<p>In the 60’s and 70’s the UC’s were world class universities and tution was $400. I have met so many baby boomers that graduated from UCB or UCLA with no debt and paid $25 a semester. </p>
<p>If this keeps going, the UC system will slowly fall and no longer be world renowned.</p>
<p>Call the governator and ask him why he keeps cutting CC and CSU and UC budgets, but REFUSES to raise taxes on the oil companies that are making RECORD profits.</p>
<p>I love the sense of entitlement Californians have. You want to continue to have fantastic research institutions, you want the the price to be dirt cheap, and you don’t expect to have to pay more taxes for those services. </p>
<p>Newsflash, it was dirt cheap before because the state subsidized a greater portion of the budget. Now that the economy has turned, the state doesn’t have the money to continue to support this. Even with the increase in tuition, UC’s will continue to be a value.</p>
<p>^ This is true but if you were to study the route of Californias current economic woes you would find the mojority of it is based in the fact that this state cut property taxes when the economy was booming but continued to spend on the surplus. When the market turned around (as it always will) the surplus was all dried up and the state was no longer taxing a proper amount of revenue. Now there was this guy named Grey Davis that said “hey guys we need to raise taxes…” and of course we treated him just like the dude who starts talking about studying for the midterm next week just as the party is getting good…we kicked his as.s out.</p>
<p>I know that. There was the boom during the .com explosion, California had a surplus of revenue, and set budgets as if the economy was going to stay it is level. It turned, then they were f$%ked.</p>
<p>^ It wasn’t all .com, the problem predates that of the .com boom. You would have to begin with the property tax cuts of 1978 and 1979 then study the progression of decisions the state made regarding tax revenue and spending to truly understand how California set itself up. That’s one of the problems in a democracy; voters for the most part are short minded. (Not a commie just saying)</p>