Brown v. Higher Education
Mr. Brown wants to get kids out of school quicker and with less debt by offering courses online and charging “super seniors” an unsubsidized tuition rate when they exceed 150% of the units needed to graduate (which would free up space in required courses and allow more students to graduate on time). He also aims to slash administrative positions and increase teaching relative to research. “I’ve got a whole book showing how the University [of California] is spending money it doesn’t have to. Certain kinds of research, sports, gardeners, a lot of things,” Mr. Brown said last year. Of course, the universities by design operate independently from the state and regents don’t have to do what the governor asks. Then again, they probably can’t afford not to.
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by Allysia Finley, The Wall Street Journal.