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April 26, 2012

Big benefits for students, taxpayers and state from funding of higher education

From UC Berkeley’s News Center:

In a study released today (Tuesday, April 24), three UC Berkeley researchers conclude that graduates of the University of California and California State University systems provide ongoing returns to the state that average $12 billion a year. That’s well above California’s current general fund expenditures for the UC, CSU and community-college systems combined, they note.

The authors of “California’s Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access and Completion,” include Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy; Michael Hout, a professor of sociology; and Jon Stiles, executive director of the California Census Research Data Center. The report was conducted for The Campaign for College Opportunity.

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April 18, 2012

Opinion: A pathway toward opportunity

From UC Regent Richard Blum’s opinion piece in today’s (April 18) Daily Californian:

…While there’s still some misinformation being flung about, I suspect most people have come to realize that the root cause for rising tuition at the University of California is state disinvestment, plain and simple. To be fair, the recession has cut significantly into state revenues. Political paralysis has enveloped Sacramento. And a straitjacketed budgeting process has made public higher education vulnerable, one of the few categories that lawmakers have the discretion to cut. Well, it’s time start eliminating the excuses. This is why – speaking as a UC Berkeley alumnus, a businessman and, most importantly, as a Californian – I fully endorse Gov. Brown’s proposed tax initiative.

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