The 10 campuses of the UC system should be given more power to govern themselves and be allowed to set their own tuition, decide how many out-of-state students to enroll, approve construction projects and control some investments under a proposal released Monday by UC Berkeley leaders… Robert Anderson, a UC Berkeley professor who is chairman of the systemwide faculty Senate, expressed strong opposition and predicted chances for regents’ approval as “slim to none.” He said the proposal would “split apart the University of California system in a way which is not in the interests of any of the campuses and not in the interests of the system itself.” He said it would encourage campuses to fight for money in separate appeals to state government.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

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