UC News: All-time record-high number of applicants apply to UC, with Chicano/Latino students comprising largest proportion
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The University of California announced today (Jan. 28) that the system received for fall 2021 admission the highest number of undergraduate applications in its history, even in the midst of a global pandemic.
Preliminary data show UC received a total of 249,855 applications, a 16.1 percent leap from the past year, from students who applied to at least one campus: 203,700 from freshman applicants and 46,155 from aspiring transfer students. OAKLAND, Calif. (PRWEB) January 28, 2021 The University of California announced today (Jan. 28) that the system received for fall 2021 admission the highest number of undergraduate applications in its history, even in the midst of a global pandemic. Highlights among California freshmen include a jump in overall applications and surges among Af
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Every college has its brag sheet. But the University of California has taken it to a whole new level with a 123-page report of exhaustive detail on jobs created, research performed, start-up businesses launched, tax dollars generated and students served.
The report, released Tuesday, may not have the most lyrical title: The University of California Systemwide Economic, Fiscal and Social Impact Analysis. The data are mind-numbing: What does it really mean to say that “UC-related spending delivers substantial economic and fiscal impacts annually to the state, generating $82.1 billion in economic output, $55.8 billion in value added (2% of GSP), $37.6 billion in labor income, and $4.2 billion in state and local tax revenue”?
Budget increases funding for UC and CSU by 3%
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released his 2021-22 proposed budget Friday. Despite economic woes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the proposed budget includes an increase in funding for California’s public universities.
Because of the pan
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As the pandemic throws the University of California into one of the worst financial crises it has ever collectively faced, top leaders at the majority of campuses say it’s time to consider a tuition increase for fall 2022.
Chancellors and senior leaders at five of the nine UC undergraduate campuses told The Times that the staggering financial hit to their operations triggered by the coronavirus crisis and a $300.8-million proposed state budget cut this year have underscored the pressing need to open talks about tuition rates which regents have increased just once for California students since 2011.
The financial squeeze has prompted campuses to slash budgets, dig into reserves, borrow funds, substantially halt hiring and, at UC Riverside, propose axing its athletic program, drawing hundreds of protest letters, emails and calls.