UC regents approve second tuition hike in eight months (Sacramento: renting, insurance)

[yeahthatguy]

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stori...nclick_check=1
The Board of Regents voted in favor of the 9.6 percent fee hike for both undergraduate and graduate students. The increase comes on top of an 8-percent hike approved by regents in November and will bring annual undergraduate tuition to $11,220.
With additional student-services and other fees, the total price will be more than $13,000 per year.

Most UC students -- 55 percent -- will not pay more, regardless of Thursday's vote. The university plans to cover the full cost of the combined tuition hikes for students whose families make $120,000 or less.

Taxes down on middle class in California .. Costs up ...

LULZ

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by yeahthatguy

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stori...nclick_check=1
The Board of Regents voted in favor of the 9.6 percent fee hike for both undergraduate and graduate students. The increase comes on top of an 8-percent hike approved by regents in November and will bring annual undergraduate tuition to $11,220.
With additional student-services and other fees, the total price will be more than $13,000 per year.

Most UC students -- 55 percent -- will not pay more, regardless of Thursday's vote. The university plans to cover the full cost of the combined tuition hikes for students whose families make $120,000 or less.

Taxes down on middle class in California .. Costs up ...

LULZ

A sad reality today, but better than the alternative of cutting services further and making the UC's lose their world-class status. It is still much cheaper than private school education.

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

A sad reality today, but better than the alternative of cutting services further and making the UC's lose their world-class status. It is still much cheaper than private school education.

True enough.. and reflects the mindset of why people will just suck it up ... at the 120k+ level.

[NewToCA]

So, two questions:

1 - How much would the tuition/fees hike be if they didn't cover the increases for families making $120K or less, spreading the cost to all students?

2 - How much has the university reduced their total operating cost the past few years, to minimize the student impact of budget cuts?

[KC6ZLV]

Originally Posted by NewToCA

So, two questions:

1 - How much would the tuition/fees hike be if they didn't cover the increases for families making $120K or less, spreading the cost to all students?

2 - How much has the university reduced their total operating cost the past few years, to minimize the student impact of budget cuts?

They plan to make up part of the difference by admitting a higher percentage of foreign students. The problem is fewer people from California will be admitted.

One of the larger problems is the people who are making the decisions at UC and CSU think they shouldn't share the burden when it comes to cutbacks. In fact, they think they should receive more.


CSU hikes tuition, and boosts a president's salary by $100,000 - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

[coo77]

Originally Posted by NewToCA

So, two questions:

1 - How much would the tuition/fees hike be if they didn't cover the increases for families making $120K or less, spreading the cost to all students?

2 - How much has the university reduced their total operating cost the past few years, to minimize the student impact of budget cuts?

The university continues to reduce their operating cost each year the state cuts its share of funding. The fact is, the UC system is not really a public system anymore. The phrase "The UC is owned by the people of California" should really be the UC system is 1/10th owned by the people of California.

Here are the basics of the UC budget from last year. It will be a few hundred million less this upcoming school year.

Operating budget: $21.8 BILLION

Restricted Revenue: $15.5 BILLION (71%)
--This restricted revenue means it can only be used for certain entities owned by the UC system and NOT student instruction. Every dollar the UC Medical Centers makes for example has to stay within the hospital system. Every dollar the dorms on campuses make must stay within the student housing system. Every dollar the feds or private donors give to research or construction of buildings must go to those areas. Hence 71% of the UC Revenue is "Restricted" from student's education.
(This includes $5.4 BILLION in medical center revenue, restricted to the self funding UC Medical Centers, $4.14 BILLION from sales/services/auxilires offered by the UC (dorms for example), $3.7 BILLION from federal government contracts/grants for areas like research, $1.53 BILLION from private donors like corporations and individuals (that have strings attached), $654,000 "Other")

Core Instruction: $6.3 BILLION (29% of UC Revenue)
The core instruction revenue is revenue the UC system is free to use to pay things like professor salaries, financial aid, rent, electrical bills, tutoring, insurance, etc... This is traditional operating expenses that effect most students. It keep the lights on in a classroom and a teacher up front.
---$2.91 BILLION comes from the state of California budget
---$2.57 BILLION comes from student fees and tuition
---$$712 Million came from the UC General fund including patent royalties, nonresident fees, corporate contracts, renting out campus space for events, application fees, interest, etc...
---$106 Million came from a one time federal stimulus from Obama

The UC "Core Instruction" fund will drop to $5.55 Billion by the Fall after the recent budget cuts from the state. The state will now fund $2.26 Billion instead of $2.91 Billion next year. It will also not have $106 million in stimulus dollars. The state which currently provides 13% of the overall UC budget will now fund just 10% of the UC budget. Student's families will provide about 15% of the overall UC budget and the largest percentage of core funds.


WHAT MAKES UP THE CORE BUDGET???
31% to academic salaries (Professors and instructors)
25% to staff salaries (gardeners, facilities, dining workers, admin staff in offices, admissions folks, parking employees, secretaries, etc....)
15% to employee benefits/retirement
16% to Facilities, utilities, other..
12% to Student Financial Aid
1% to Senior Management

In the last three years, the UC system has cut its operating budget 20%.
The following was done.
--- Employee furloughs to reduce salaries 5-10% for faculty and staff
--- Closure of departments, closing majors, consolidating departments together, restructure of administrative expenses
--- Fire 4,000 employees and restrict faculty hiring for all campuses
--- Cut overall freshman enrollment
--- Cut $55 Million from office of the President
--- Curb spending for regents events, hold them on campuses, no hotels provided to regents.
--- Energy savings
--- Closure of libraries
--- Restructure employee benefits
--- Cut pay to teacher's assistants
--- Cut purchase of lab supplies
--- Cuts to tutoring and technology

The fact is, the UC system is going private. Each year the state funds less. Within 10 years the state probably won't even chip in anything.
If you divided the states contribution by our population, its about $75 in taxes per person per year to the UC system.

http://budget.universityofcalifornia.edu/

[mayorhaggar]

This IS a tax.

[yeahthatguy]

Originally Posted by coo77

The university continues to reduce their operating cost each year the state cuts its share of funding. The fact is, the UC system is not really a public system anymore. The phrase "The UC is owned by the people of California" should really be the UC system is 1/10th owned by the people of California.

Here are the basics of the UC budget from last year. It will be a few hundred million less this upcoming school year.

Operating budget: $21.8 BILLION

Restricted Revenue: $15.5 BILLION (71%)
--This restricted revenue means it can only be used for certain entities owned by the UC system and NOT student instruction. Every dollar the UC Medical Centers makes for example has to stay within the hospital system. Every dollar the dorms on campuses make must stay within the student housing system. Every dollar the feds or private donors give to research or construction of buildings must go to those areas. Hence 71% of the UC Revenue is "Restricted" from student's education.
(This includes $5.4 BILLION in medical center revenue, restricted to the self funding UC Medical Centers, $4.14 BILLION from sales/services/auxilires offered by the UC (dorms for example), $3.7 BILLION from federal government contracts/grants for areas like research, $1.53 BILLION from private donors like corporations and individuals (that have strings attached), $654,000 "Other")

Core Instruction: $6.3 BILLION (29% of UC Revenue)
The core instruction revenue is revenue the UC system is free to use to pay things like professor salaries, financial aid, rent, electrical bills, tutoring, insurance, etc... This is traditional operating expenses that effect most students. It keep the lights on in a classroom and a teacher up front.
---$2.91 BILLION comes from the state of California budget
---$2.57 BILLION comes from student fees and tuition
---$$712 Million came from the UC General fund including patent royalties, nonresident fees, corporate contracts, renting out campus space for events, application fees, interest, etc...
---$106 Million came from a one time federal stimulus from Obama

The UC "Core Instruction" fund will drop to $5.55 Billion by the Fall after the recent budget cuts from the state. The state will now fund $2.26 Billion instead of $2.91 Billion next year. It will also not have $106 million in stimulus dollars. The state which currently provides 13% of the overall UC budget will now fund just 10% of the UC budget. Student's families will provide about 15% of the overall UC budget and the largest percentage of core funds.


WHAT MAKES UP THE CORE BUDGET???
31% to academic salaries (Professors and instructors)
25% to staff salaries (gardeners, facilities, dining workers, admin staff in offices, admissions folks, parking employees, secretaries, etc....)
15% to employee benefits/retirement
16% to Facilities, utilities, other..
12% to Student Financial Aid
1% to Senior Management

In the last three years, the UC system has cut its operating budget 20%.
The following was done.
--- Employee furloughs to reduce salaries 5-10% for faculty and staff
--- Closure of departments, closing majors, consolidating departments together, restructure of administrative expenses
--- Fire 4,000 employees and restrict faculty hiring for all campuses
--- Cut overall freshman enrollment
--- Cut $55 Million from office of the President
--- Curb spending for regents events, hold them on campuses, no hotels provided to regents.
--- Energy savings
--- Closure of libraries
--- Restructure employee benefits
--- Cut pay to teacher's assistants
--- Cut purchase of lab supplies
--- Cuts to tutoring and technology

The fact is, the UC system is going private. Each year the state funds less. Within 10 years the state probably won't even chip in anything.
If you divided the states contribution by our population, its about $75 in taxes per person per year to the UC system.

University of California Budget News

WoW .. +1 rep point. I had the feeling .... This is the kind of data I'm talkin about

[CAVA1990]

Look on the bright side: when I went there a little over 30 years ago tuition at Cal was about $650 a year. When my parents went there 30 years before it was about $25. It therefore increased by a smaller percentage in the most recent 30 years than in the 30 prior to that. Feel better now?

[NewToCA]

Originally Posted by yeahthatguy

WoW .. +1 rep point. I had the feeling .... This is the kind of data I'm talkin about

I agree their posting is quite interesting, but would be more valuable if showing how this changed in 5 or 10 year increments, so it can be compared to prior generation budgets/expenditures.

Seeing the totals for 1980, 1990 and 2000 would add some insights, especially if we can compare per student expenditures.