The University of California — long a model of affordability for colleges and universities worldwide — is getting pricey. Reduced state funding has forced UC to hike tuition to unthinkable sums. We’re talking $100,000 for a college degree.
“We have got to hold the line on tuition,” one state senator told the Associated Press (source: The San Francisco Chronicle). “We are making UC unaffordable.”
The Chronicle further reports that state support for the UC budget is nearly half of what it was 25 years ago, having dropped to 27 percent of the budget, compared with about 50 percent 25 years ago.
Andy writes! 