Higher UC tuition or more state funding — where would state funds go?
Public Policy Institute of California said it concluded faculty salaries and benefits for both the UC and California State University systems have not increased significantly over the past 20 years. Instead, the institute said recent tuition increases have been driven by significant reductions in state support for higher education. Analysts at the California Budget Project found UC tuition and fees paid by students and parents have more than quadrupled since 1990-1991, while state general fund spending per student has recently been at or near its lowest point in more than three decades. Brown, who sits on the regents board and attended the November meeting, contends the UC system hasn’t been frugal enough.
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by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC.