Panel says UC needs to adapt, recommends increasing online courses and nonresident students
In its report released Monday, the UC Commission on the Future outlined possible solutions to a growing budget deficit that has threatened the university’s academic quality. Many of the recommended actions are already under way, and the advisory panel held off suggesting more drastic changes, such as cutting enrollment, financial aid and jobs… None of the recommendations were earth-shattering, said Steve Boilard, the higher-education chief for the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. And some, such as a proposed increase in graduate students, would raise costs rather than reduce them, he said. "It is notable how many of their recommendations say, ‘Continue to do something we’re already doing,’" Boilard said. "That doesn’t feel too radical."
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by Matt Krupnick, The Contra Costa Times.