Budget Down: Cram 'Em in at UC-Davis

UC Davis unveils major initiative to increase size of student body

Sep. 21, 2011, Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee

Calling it a response to the dramatic drop in state funding, UC Davis' chancellor today announced a plan to increase the campus' undergraduate population by one fifth, one of the biggest leaps in years. The vision outlined by Chancellor Linda Katehi would swell the school's undergraduate population to around 29,000 within five years. The total student population would rise to 37,000, surpassing Berkeley and making Davis the second most populous University of California campus, behind UCLA. Speaking at the annual convocation to mark the start of the school year, Katehi portrayed the increase as a move toward greater financial stability in an era of declining state financial support. Reviewing the recent dismal history of budget cuts, tuition hikes and layoffs and furloughs, she said "we will take control of our destiny…

The school said it's in the early stages of studying whether it can add the students and faculty…

Full article at http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/21/3927776/uc-davs-unveils-major-initiative.html

Of course, there is the question of how much a body – student or otherwise – can be expanded: