George Kieffer, chairman of the UC Board of Regents, said the governor’s proposed funding would not even keep up with inflation. He said in an interview that UC will need to raise more money to protect the university’s vaunted quality while it continues to find ways to cut costs. “The governor is right that all of public higher education needs to adjust to new funding realities and public higher education is doing so,” he said. “We have a fiduciary duty to protect the university and students … [and] express what we believe the needs are for the crown jewel of the state.” If regents vote to increase tuition despite Brown’s opposition, the governor could reduce UC’s state funding when he revises his budget plan in May.

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by Teresa Watanabe, The Los Angeles Times.

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