Arnold and UC

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a 2004-05 state budget proposal Friday with $372 million in cuts for the University of California system. The proposed cuts would reduce student enrollments, raise student fees, scale back student financial aid, reduce spending on faculty, eliminate K-12 outreach, and make deeper cuts to research, administration, and other programs. UC President Robert Dynes, in a newsletter to UC employees, calls the cuts understandable in light of the state's deficit, but notes that they will have "a very real impact on what this institution is able to accomplish for the people of California."

Comments

[erinmack.livejournal.com]

These new fare hikes ARE fucking depressing, but the Pennsylvanian is right -- even with the increases, UC tuition is less than half at what one pays at Penn State.

I'm glad I'm not a grad student!

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad I am a grad studen't, because I've got basically guaranteed funding, no matter how much fees increase. I've heard that in the school of Social Work they tend not to get funding though, so I'm worried for them. But in the more "core" disciplines, like math, philosophy, physics, even english and history, people tend to get funding almost always.

[hailseitan.livejournal.com]

This is true -- I intend to eventually get a library science master's, and I should be pretty covered. (First, I have to stop confusing the insane BART _fare_ hikes with the tuition _fee_ hikes, though. Heh.)