Are University of California Admittance Policies wrong?

As the fall semester approaches and college freshmen prepare to start school, there is renewed criticism of the University of California’s decision, implemented over the last few years at all or nearly all of the system’s campuses, to increase the number and percentage of out-of-state and international college students. The harshest criticism comes from those California students (and their parents) who are finding it increasingly hard to be admitted to UC campuses, especially the most competitive ones like UC Berkeley. Many of these students and parents worry that the University system, motivated by a desire to obtain out-of-state tuition monies, is admitting lesser qualified people from outside California in such a way as to displace more highly qualified California applicants who otherwise might be admitted. Critics feel this is a betrayal of the University’s basic purpose, which is to serve the needs of the State. After all, it was California citizens and taxpayers who created the UC and built it up into

the best public higher education system in the world. In the space below, I try to debunk some of the myths and misstatements concerning this controversy, and to shed light on the crux of the problem.

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http://verdict.justia.com/2014/08/15/university-california-wrong-admitting-non-californians#sthash.m9E2TrG7.dpuf

MAKE PUBLIC COLLEGE TUITION-FREE

TO: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID, AND HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER

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Create a plan to make public college tuition-free. Rather than continuing to pour billions more into financial aid programs that often fall short of tuition costs and leave students deep in debt, lead an effort to fund tuition-free public college. The money is there but the leadership isn't.

Why is this important?

Did you know that making college tuition-free would cost less than what we already spend on the patchwork of financial aid programs we currently support? According to a recent accounting taken by the U.S. Dept. of Education, the cost of making college free is $62.6 billion. That's less than one-10th of this year's $631 billion defense budget.

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If we made just small cuts to Welfare and the large benefits public unioins enjoy, we can easily pay for this.

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