It produces almost a third of the state’s bachelor’s degrees. The system is dominant on a federal level, too — its faculty and researchers secure almost 9 percent of all federal academic and research grants, the report says. Now, however, most UC campuses are at or near enrollment capacity, cutting into the chances that students will apply and be admitted to the UC campus of their choice. Significant pressure will likely continue to mount, as the state’s population has been projected to grow by 22.5 percent, from 40 million to almost 49 million, by 2040… Monday’s report comes just a few days after another report from the Public Policy Institute of California found UC and the California State University systems continue to receive shares of the state’s General Fund allocations that are at “historic lows.”

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by Rick Seltzer, Inside Higher Ed.

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