"We’re saying, ‘I don’t like it. I don’t want to do it, but I’m willing to do it for the CSU if there is a future to reinvest in California and have a conversation about what kind of California do we want for our kids, what kind of economy do we want, what kind of people do we want in the work force," Reed said. "So this one time, sure. I’m willing to sacrifice because every public agency is going to have to sacrifice something." The UC cuts, Yudof said, would probably mean "fewer students. It means a smaller faculty because, remember, a lot of our costs are labor costs, the instructional costs are high, I think you don’t have as much to offer in student services. You might have to trim the programs." "I hate it," Yudof added. "You know, our campuses are prepared to take another 30,000 to 40,000 students. They feel they have the room for them if we had adequate finances to do it."

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by Jack Chang, The Sacramento Bee.

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