Steve Boilard, who researches higher education for the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, suggests in a report on "The Master Plan at 50" that the state look at reducing student enrollment levels at UC and CSU, given funding constraints… Lower enrollments at state universities could eventually weaken the state’s ability to attract businesses, said Stephen Levy of the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy. California’s highly educated labor force has been the main draw for employers to locate here instead of in lower-cost states, Levy said. "Silicon Valley and Orange County survive because they have a particularly skilled labor force," Levy said.

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by Andrew Galvin, The Orange County Register.

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