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State budget cuts threaten California's Master Plan
- 04-19-2011
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By Jennifer Gollan/Bay Citizen
The University of California may not be able to admit every qualified California student if the state imposes deeper budget cuts, university officials say. Such students have been guaranteed admission under the state’s Master Plan for Education. “These are very difficult times for the university,” said Pamela Burnett, interim director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC, in a conference call with reporters. “Faced with staggering budget reductions from the state of California, we have sharply curtailed enrollment growth... We now enroll more than 11,000 California students for whom we receive no state enrollment funding.” UC concedes that more students are being turned away from their top choice of campuses, in order to make room for out-of-state or international students, who pay higher tuition. (more...)
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