Many California students have expressed dismay in recent years about how hard it is to get into a chosen University of California campus — even with stellar grades and extracurricular activities— while so many spots go to those from other countries and out of state.
Last year, lawmakers threatened to hold back $18.5 million if the public university system did not put a cap on students from outside California.
On Monday, UC finally acted, proposing a 20% systemwide limit on nonresident undergraduate enrollment and vowing to continue to give Californians top priority. Nonresident students numbered 34,673 in fall 2016, 16.5% of the system’s 210,170 undergraduates.
The limit would be the first of its kind for the 10-campus public research university. But UC officials hope it will be enough to get state officials to release the funds.
Read more at The Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-limit-nonresident-students-20170306-story.html
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