But Malik, a senior who needs physiology to finish her major and graduate this year, won’t be allowed to stay in the class unless she wins the lottery. Literally. “I only have three or four extra seats, so I’ll have a lottery on Thursday,” Professor Jennifer Breckler announced at the end of the class as dozens of students, including Malik, surged to her desk in hopes of being allowed to enroll. Disappointed, Malik turned away. “There’s a good chance I’m not going to get in,” she said. A guy standing nearby said simply, “This is cutthroat.” … Roughly the same number of students are being taught by 16 percent fewer instructors than five years ago, and with fewer courses. The campus has eliminated more than 300 courses in that period, a decline of 8 percent. Gone are 61 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and 216 lecturers. The number of students remains just under 30,000.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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