Editorial: State can't afford UC on the cheap
Published: Sunday, Sep. 25, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 6E
The University of California "shall constitute a public trust," states the California Constitution.
That trust has eroded as state financial support has declined.
The overriding question today is how much of a UC education should be considered a public benefit for which the state should pay – and how much should be considered a private benefit for which the student should pay.
In the past, that wasn't an issue. A UC education was considered primarily a public benefit. In 1990, for example, the state contributed 70 percent of the total cost of a UC student's education; the student paid 13 percent.
Those days are long gone. This fall, the state is contributing 39 percent of the total cost of a
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