State Has The Funds To Boost Higher Education
Even with some gains in recent years, funding for the University of California and the California State University system has languished far below historic levels. Per pupil State spending for UC dropped from $24,644 in 2000-2001 to $12,709 in 2014-15 according to the Public Policy Institute of California. At CSU the drop for the same period has been from $9,393 to $7,916 per student. Much of that decline in State funding has forced substantial increases in tuition and fees. Tuition is now more than three times what it was 15 years ago at both institutions. And both UC and CSU are considering new tuition increases for the first time in six years. That won’t be necessary if Sacramento decision-makers step up to the plate.
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by Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine, Fox and Hounds Daily.