"One of the things still in jeopardy in the budget is the ability for the UC to fund students who are unfunded," Tierney said. "[Almost] 15,000 students are unaccounted for in terms of state money, so we’ve asked for $51 million dollars for those students and that’s in jeopardy, so we may have to cut back on enrollment." According to a press release, the UC has implemented a system-wide waiting list for prospective students for the first time in its 142-year history. There are approximately 1,000 applicants currently on the list, the press release said. The UC is set to receive over $3 billion in funding from the state. While this amounts to roughly $370 million more than last year’s distribution, the increase is a mere 40 percent of the $913 million requested by the UC in order to close its budget shortfall.

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by Staff, The Santa Barbara Daily Nexus.

Posted: January 21st, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.