What

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Whats so special about UC?
Dating from the time of the Master Plan, UC is a
one-of-a-kind offering of affordable, quality
education at multiple world-ranking research
campuses. The top 50 universities listed in
U.S. World and News Report have an average
tuition cost of 28,321 per year. Of the 13
universities in the top 50 with tuition less than
10,000 per year, 6 are University of California
campuses. UCB, UCSD, and UCLA are top in
Washington Monthlys ranking, based mainly on
Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating
low-income students), and Research (cutting-edge
PhDs). Students of California, many from
low-income backgrounds, have been getting an
amazing educational opportunity that is only
available to the rich elsewhere
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The Public Good
Year 2007-2007
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California is shifting its priorities
By the 2012-2013 fiscal year, 15.4 billion will
be spent on incarcerating Californians, as
compared with 15.3 billion spent on higher
education
Read more http//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c
gi?f/c/a/2007/05/29/EDGGTP3F291.DTLixzz0RsVxXqGm
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Historical perspective

• In 1970, UC received about 7 of the states
  general fund budget. Today, it has fallen to
  roughly 3.
• State per-student funding for educating UC
  students has fallen from 14,210 in 2000-01 to
  10,370 today (inflation-adjusted).
• From 1984 to 2004, California's population
  increased 35, while state funding for higher
  education decreased by 9. Higher education is
  the only major part of Californias budget that
  grew more slowly than population.
• Today, less than 20 of UCs budget comes from
  the State of California. More than half of UCs
  research expenditures come from federal sources,
  and federal funds represent nearly 20 of grant
  aid received by UC students.

http//www.ucthewayforward.org/budgetfactsheet.pdf
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About the UC Budget Crisis 2009
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What crisis?

• 2010-11 UC Budget Gap 632.6 M
• Equivalent to
• Eliminating State support for 2
  medium-sized Campuses
• Reducing enrollment by 57,500 students
• Closing UC libraries and public service programs
• Terminating 8,300 employees
• Eliminating all core-funded student financial aid

http//www.ucop.edu/budget/pres/2010-11/F1-BudgetU
pdate-sep09.pdf
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Mid-year fee hike
Consequences
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Student fees will increase dramatically by 44 by
2010 (making UC have fees in rank of semi-private
schools like U of M)
Consequences
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Consequences
Staff and faculty at all UC campuses given
paycuts from 4 to 10 Top-flight research
faculty will be poached Your opportunities to
gain first-hand experience (from research to
performance art) with top faculty will be greatly
diminished
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What happens when fees go up?

• When the University of Michigan moved to a
  semi-privatized model, it relaxed admissions
  standards to recruit more out of state student
  who pay much more in tuition.
• gt50 of Michigans 2003 freshman class came from
  families with six-figure incomes in a state where
  only 13 of families earn that much.
• The result has been significantly diminished
  access for the residents of Michigan, especially
  the most disadvantaged, and a reduction in the
  quality of the University as seen in its drop in
  rankings by U.S. News and World Report.

http//keepcaliforniaspromise.org/wp-content/uploa
ds/2009/09/Understanding-the-Crisis.pdf
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Bottom line for you

• UC is becoming more private and less public,
  which is bad for ACCESS (it will become a school
  for the rich and out-of-staters)
• Your educational opportunities will be
  impoverished, and this will have an immeasurably
  profound impact on your future

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What you can do

• Be informed http//keepcaliforniaspromise.org/
• Stick up for your education by spreading the word
• Vote when the time comes! Lots of students dont
  vote, and your vote definitely counts
• Write your legislator http//www.leginfo.ca.gov/