The University of California system may be undergoing a major budget change, which may include a rise in nonresident enrollment and a tuition increase of up to 20 percent, according to a presentation given at the UC Regents' meeting Wednesday.
The budget plan, which will be further discussed and voted on in November, discusses the necessity of filling a $1.5 billion gap in core funding that the UCs will face in the coming five years. This loss will, and has, led to fewer faculty and higher workloads in the past years.
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