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UC Berkeley: The 1881 Californians who aren’t there
- 04-25-2011
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Column by Peter Schrag/California Progress Report
At a private lunch a couple of weeks ago, a Berkeley economist friend quipped that Cal was “becoming a finishing school for rich Asians.” Last week, the university provided dramatic confirmation. Nearly 10 percent of those admitted to Berkeley next year will be foreign students, up from 5.7 percent two years ago. Meanwhile the percentage admitted from California is down sharply. It’s called privatization, though UC doesn’t use the word. As state funding keeps going down, the university is filling its coffers with other revenues, the much higher tuition of non-resident students not least among them. In its annual compilation of admissions data for the class entering next fall, UC reported that Berkeley accepted 1881 fewer students from California than it did two years ago and 2461 more out-of-state and international students. In 2009, 86 percent of the admitted Berkeley freshmen were from California; for the coming year, that number has declined to 69 percent. (more...)
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