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Calls for university officials to start making changes in
preparation for this year’s massive state budget reduction
have been heard, and administrators are looking for solutions. But
they’re looking in all the wrong places.
The UC is now considering revoking the reduced costs of summer
sessions, cutting salaries, limiting enrollment growth and
increasing student fees. These measures may save money in the short
run, but the long term implications of implementing them ““
loss of quality professors and administrators to better-paying
jobs, and the loss of both quality undergraduate and graduate
students who can’t afford to pay increased fees ““ are
not worth the risk. This is especially true concerning summer
school funding, which has helped UCLA take steps forward more than
anything else in easing its overcrowding problem.
The best solution given the university’s restrictions is
to cap enrollment. This simultaneously ensures the university
doesn’t admit more students than it can serve, and maintains
its academic quality and competitiveness.
To prevent the weakening economy from drastically affecting UCs,
the state ought to give its public university the same immunity as
K-12 schools, which are constitutionally guarded against budget
cuts. Education should be the state’s first priority,
regardless of what level.