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With the California state budget in peril, our university systems are struggling, which is why the University of California system is entertaining the idea of increasing how many out-of-state students they accept and decreasing how many in-state students, all in the name of profit. Since out-of-state students' tuition averages more than twice what a student with California residency pays, the UCs would be bringing in more money. According to a video report on MyFox Los Angeles, UC officials are mulling the possibility of upping their out-of-state enrollment to 15 to 20% from its current 6%, using schools in other states who take in more out-of-staters in general as inspiration. Some, however, see this as a bad move for the UC schools, that will come at the expense of California's students, including Lt. Governor John Garimendi, who calls this "bad public policy."
UC Schools Could Shut out Locals in Favor of Out-of-State Bucks
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How bad could that be? That means they'll be 100,000 less videos of CA kids getting drunk/high/booty dancing on youtube AT UC dorm room. They'll have to settle for their homes.
No, those 100,000 videos will just be of kids from Iowa and Florida and Michigan. And many of those Californian kids won't get to go to a 4-year school because their families can't afford out of state tuition to send them elsewhere, and they won't be competitive because they are getting largely shortchanged on their public K-12 education.
The state of education in California today is deplorable, and worsening.
Yeah, watch out for us kids from Chicago. I mean, look at what Julia Allison did when she hit NYC!
I have to agree. California was a leader in public education 20-30 years ago and is now middle of the road - and to be mediocre in AMERICA in terms of education is really not good. I've been a teaching assistant. Some schools these kids graduate from are horrible. If you ask a class of CA college kids where they went to high school, you can basically determine how they'll do in your class, unfortunately. If the state does this they'll be asking for fewer college graduates in the state of California, which means fewer businesses, lower incomes, lower property values, etc.
I don't know why I replied to myself, that was meant to be to Lindsay. Dammit, Zach, I go on vacation and LAist is all messed up upon my return! I is confused by the fancy comments section. :-/
Ha! We'll all get used to the new system soon enough, right? We're still working out the bugs, but I really like this new system where we can reply to certain comments directly underneath. Much improved!
Yeah, this is a double edged sword. Good fiscally, bad locally.
This is a great idea, just like the idea to raise tuition at CSU and community colleges.
Lets be honest here, what's more important, higher education that creates a more educated work force who will earn more money, there by spending more money, there by generating more tax revenue... or temporary fix for the budget shortfalls?
Wow, that's seems like such a hard choice.
I wonder if the unions had anything to do with tipping the scale there.
I'm sure at the end of the day politicians will make the best choice... the best choice for them NOT Californians.
And NO Zach, this is NOT good fiscally! The long term financial effects are more severe. CA's population is much too large to get away with something like this. We are not Rhode Island!
Not even Rhode Island can get away with that. They're bleeding population - Michigan is the only other state with a net loss in population in the past year.
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Not even Rhode Island can get away with that. They're bleeding population - Michigan is the only other state with a net loss in population in the past year.