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UC might limit freshman enrollment

"No one wants to curtail the opportunity, but how do we keep absorbing 5,000 more possible students a year when no one is giving us the money to pay for them?" Yudof asked rhetorically... UC now enrolls about 225,000 undergraduate and graduate students but says it receives state funding for only about 215,000. With the international economic crisis and mounting state deficits, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a midyear $65-million cut from the $3 billion in state funds UC expected to receive for the 2008-09 school year. And the outlook for next year is grim, officials said. [Article]

by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times. 2008-11-20

UC regents warn of freshman enrollment limits without additional funding

The University of California may curtail freshman enrollment next fall if the state does not provide sufficient funding, according to a resolution passed Wednesday by a committee of the UC Board of Regents. The resolution, to be voted on by all regents today, follows an agreement by leaders of the California State University on Wednesday to eliminate seats for its incoming class, as well. Both schools currently enroll about 10,000 more students than they receive state funding for — and both are coping with midyear budget cuts, as well as a further shortfall next year. An enrollment cap at UC and CSU would defy a 40-year tradition of accepting all California students who meet their academic standards. [Article]

by Lisa M. Krieger, The San Jose Mercury News. 2008-11-19

CSU may cut future enrollment by 10,000

For the first time, the system might turn away qualified students. Minority and low-income groups would probably be hardest hit by the cuts, which could amount to a 10% drop in freshman enrollment. [Article]

by Gale Holland, The Los Angeles Times. 2008-11-18

Cal State plan startles community colleges

Community college leaders are worried a California State University plan to turn away as many as 10,000 students next year could inundate two-year schools that already can't handle spiking enrollment...Cal State leaders said they have no choice but to hope community colleges can be their safety net. The university has sustained too many blows over the past two years to maintain the status quo, said Trustee William Hauck. "There really are no more workarounds left," he said. With more cuts, "we will be diminishing the value of every degree that comes out of this system, and we will not do that." [Article]

by Matt Krupnick, The Contra Costa Times. 2008-11-17

CSU campuses to limit enrollments

The California State University system will eliminate 10,000 admission spots for the 2009-10 school year as a result of the state's worsening fiscal crisis. [Article]

by Walter Yost, The Sacramento Bee. 2008-11-17

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