UC sticking to lower enrollment goals
UC received the most applications in its history, increasing by 4.7 percent over last year – despite a projected 1 percent decline in the number of seniors graduating from California public high schools…
Budget uncertainties, including what UC officials call the existing over-enrollment of about 11,000 students for whom the university receives no state funding, and an expected tuition hike of nearly 10 percent in the fall, clouded this year’s admissions decisions.
The university needs to cap the freshman enrollments at several campuses "to maintain academic excellence and the level of service students expect when they enroll at a UC campus," Wilbur said.
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by Jim Doyle, The San Francisco Chronicle.