Blowback: Charging varying tuition would threaten UC's character - Los Angeles Times

Proposing different tuition for each University of California campus is shortsighted and ill-considered. The UC Commission on the Future considered the possibility and its potential consequences in 2010 and decided that it was an unwise course of action for a state the size of California. Both population demand and economic proportion make comparisons with Wisconsin, Michigan or Virginia meaningless. The higher education systems of Texas and New York state have histories different than California's. Plus, The Times' article only briefly mentions the role of the California State University system. Stratification would fundamentally change the UC system. Each campus would need separate Academic Personnel Manuals and different salary scales.