Not her mother's UC
Budget cuts mean my freshman daughter’s experience at UC Santa Barbara is far from the system’s glory days… UC administrators say they never have experienced anything like this year’s budget cuts. Santa Barbara has lost 25% of its state funding in recent years. Admissions were up about 7% in the 2009-10 school year, while classes were cut by 10%. Santa Cruz, for example, offered 123 literature courses in the previous school year, compared with 101 this year. What does all this mean for students? Besides the stress, it means a less personalized education. With nearly 40 kids in her French class, Sara will have fewer opportunities to ask questions or practice speaking; the teacher will be more pressed for time during office hours and when grading papers.
Read full article [here].
by Marjorie Miller, The Los Angeles Times.