Nicholas Goldberg: Will California keep its 150-year-old promise to keep UC affordable? (via latimesopinion)
UC and CSU are unaffordable, and a 4-year degree isn’t the only way to succeed, Californians say in poll
Tuition began to rise and was followed by cutbacks in state support for the university. Between 1995 and 2011,In 2011, the total amount UC students paid in tuition for the first time exceeded the amount of funding the university system received from the state. Californians who had once seemed willing to pay taxes for good public schools and colleges grew weary, I guess, of the cost.
are underway to help reduce student debt. The state has dramatically expanded the Cal Grant program, which was already the largest such financial aid program in the country. It increased by fivefold its Middle Class Scholarship Program for families earning less than $200,000 a year. “Affordability is a real issue, but I think we’re doing an awful lot to fight the problem,” said Rich Leib, the new chairman of the UC Board of Regents. “Sometimes the problem is one of marketing. Families don’t always realize that we can often come up with financial aid packages that make going to college a real possibility for lower-income students.”
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