2018 UC Accountability Report shows high enrollment despite low state funding

The 2018 UC Accountability Report shows the UC system’s progress toward its goals of increasing student populations, despite decreased state funding.
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The 2018 UC Accountability Report shows the UC system’s progress toward its goals of increasing student populations, despite decreased state funding.
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The California Legislative Analyst’s Office, or LAO, released a report Thursday afternoon analyzing Gov. Jerry Brown’s higher education budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
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If it becomes law, SB 562 — titled the Healthy California Act, or HCA — would create the Healthy California program to provide universal healthcare coverage throughout the state.
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In a revised May budget proposal released Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown requested that $50 million be sequestered from University of California funding until recommendations from an April 25 California State Auditor’s report and other state commitments are implemented by the university.
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After San Francisco announced that it would make community colleges free to residents of the city, California has begun seriously considering the possibility of debt-free college education for students.
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Amid continuing financial challenges, the campus announced comprehensive cost-cutting measures Wednesday morning, with plans to reimagine administrative systems, investments and discretionary expenses.
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed state budget at a press conference in Sacramento on Thursday, providing about $350 million to the UC system in additional funding for the 2016-17 fiscal year.
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The Legislative Analyst’s Office released its analysis of the Brown-Napolitano agreement on Monday evening, expressing concerns that funding increases were unwarranted and monitoring of the university lacking.
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A report released last week by the Legislative Analyst’s Office found the university did not comply with certain provisions of state law related to the consultation of students prior to implementing a recent fee increase.
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UC President Janet Napolitano announced a cap on next year’s out-of-state student enrollment at two UC campuses and a freeze on enrollment of California students in her testimony to the state assembly budget subcommittee on education finance Tuesday.
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