The University of California is seeking ways to admit more transfer students from the state’s community colleges but is hampered by a lack of resources, President Mark G.Yudof said during a presentation Wednesday to local community college leaders. “I’m a big believer in community colleges,” Yudof said at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District. “I’d like to increase the transfer rate and we could add 20,000 or 30,000 more students if we got more funding.” … For fall 2011, about 31% of UC’s incoming California students transferred from community colleges… Yudof also addressed concerns that not enough Los Angeles students are gaining entrance to UCLA, a school he called the most popular public univesity in the nation. “What we can’t do is just open the doors,” Yudof said. “But there has to be a special place for Angelenos and if we’re not accepting enough transfer students we’re willing to have discussions with [UCLA Chancellor Gene Block] about opening the doors.”

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by Carla Rivera, The Los Angeles Times.

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