UC Berkeley’s budget cuts are its share of an $813 million reduction in state funding to the 10-campus UC system, which the Berkeley campus is hoping to overcome with a hike in student fees and tuition, layoffs, service reductions, and faculty and staff furloughs. A 9.3 percent hike in UC fees for undergraduate tuition and other expenses — including health insurance — means that California residents will now have to pay $9,748 for two semesters at the Berkeley campus. Tuition and all fees for non-residents, including health insurance, will be $32,417. The university has also cut administrative and service units by more than 20 percent while academic courses took an 8 percent cut.

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by Riya Bhattacharjee, The Berkeley Daily Planet.

Posted: August 27th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.