UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
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Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#2> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a policy restricting nonresident students in order to get an additional $18.5 million in funding this year.
Isn't this blackmail? Or am I missing something?
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#3> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a poli…
It's a state school, so no.
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#4Good. State universities are perversely incentivized to prefer higher paying students from out-of-state and international.
University of Washington, the state's top school, is now 1/3 non-state residents. It's a serious problem.
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#5> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a poli…
No, it's not blackmail. Funding contingent on policy changes is a norm, not just in the California but in the US and, I'm going to go out on a limb, across all western democracies. State legislators presumably have the power to compel policy changes in the UC system, so conditional funding isn't really even them playing hardball.
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#6Good. State universities are perversely incentivized to prefer higher paying students from out-of-state and international. University of Washington, the state's top school, is now 1/3 non-state residents. It's a serious problem.
It's not perverse if out-of-state students fund reduced tuition for in-state students. But apparently that wasn't happening in the UC system.
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#7> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a poli…
They aren't entitled to state funds if they ignore the state's wishes. If they want full autonomy they need to go private.
Re: UC proposes its first enrollment cap on out-of-state students
#8> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a poli…
The state is able to make funding contingent.
The state doesn't want to own up to the fact that UC is so underfunded that its struggling to fulfill its purpose of educating Californians. To get more money, UC turns to admitting more students who can pay full price. So the solution by lawmakers is to solve the symptom (too few students from California) rather than the problem (not enough money to support lots of in-state students).You can bet that when UC pushes back against being squeezed even more by the state, the state will use it as an excuse to cut funding more.
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#9> The proposed limit on students from other states and countries — which would be the first ever for the 10-campus public research university — comes after a scathing state audit last year found that UC was hurting California students by admitting too many out-of-state applicants. UC President Janet Napolitano has blasted those findings as unfair and unwarranted, but state lawmakers are requiring that UC adopt a poli…
They aren't entitled to state funds if they ignore the state's wishes. If they want full autonomy they need to go private.
I don't believe "going private" is an option for any of the UC schools.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They aren't entitled to state funds if they ignore the state's wishes. If they want full autonomy they need to go private.
I don't believe "going private" is an option for any of the UC schools.
So I guess that means they have to follow the wishes of their funding source.