Fed up with indecision and drift, the University of California is serving notice: Barring a miracle, tuition could nearly double over the next four years to more than $22,000. Don’t anyone miss the point: California’s finances and political priorities don’t favor higher education. That means the vaunted university system needs to fend for itself by asking students and their families to fill the gaps left by indifferent Sacramento… More revenue must be found, but there are too few ideas at hand. Sacramento is all about cuts, not strategic thinking, debate or leadership. Left on its own, the university has few options aside from taking it out on its faculty, staff and students. California will suffer unless a better way is devised.

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by The Editors, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: September 14th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.