For the first time in history of the University of California, incoming freshmen may be waitlisted, said UC officials after Wednesday’s meeting of the UC Board of Regents. The waitlist is designed to give the university flexibility in deciding how many students to enroll for the 2010 school year. Enrollment figures may change due to the uncertainty of state funding… Regents and presenters to the board’s committee on finance voiced concern about the feasibility of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to reprioritize state funding for public higher education. Despite varying opinions, regents expressed the need for a coordinated lobbying effort directed at the state Legislature to guarantee more funding for the university. "I think, once again, you have a budget you can’t believe in," said UC Regent Richard Blum. "I don’t think half the stuff is going to come true. We have to be up there (in Sacramento) as regents, as administrators and as students."

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by Javier Panzar, The Daily Californian.

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