As the University of California and California State University are facing potential cuts of 16.4 percent and 18 percent respectively, their continued ability to meet the conditions set forth in the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education – which requires that they maintain a 40:60 lower to upper division ratio to allow room for incoming transfer juniors – is uncertain. "If there is no room for (transfers) at the university because of budget cuts, then it doesn’t really matter how much you streamline that process," said Hans Johnson, director of research at the Public Policy Institute of California. "You’ll have students who are qualified and ready to transfer, but there is no room for them." Limiting access, said CSU spokesperson Erik Fallis, will in the long-run result in fewer highly-skilled and educated workers to fill "high growth, high-demand positions."

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by Nina Brown, The Daily Californian.

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