PPIC has issued a report noting that California enrollments
have been dropping at UC and CSU as the state has cut funding and tuition has
risen. The chart above is from that
report. UC and CSU actually have been
admitting a higher percentage of high school grads but those admitted
increasingly go elsewhere. Excerpt:
California’s financial
commitment to higher education has been compromised by fiscal crises and
competing state priorities. Despite large increases in the demand for higher education,
state general fund spending in this area has declined notably over the past ten
years. California now spends more on corrections than on its public
universities.
…Key findings include:
• Increasingly, high school
graduates in California are less likely to enroll in any four-year college.
• Enrollment rates at UC and CSU
have fallen by one-fifth over the past five years, from about 22 percent of all
high school graduates to below 18 percent.
• Among the state’s most highly
prepared high school graduates, the enrollment rate has declined even more—from
around 67 percent to 55 percent.
• Many opt for overcrowded community
colleges, but increases in enrollment rates there do not make up for the
declines at UC and CSU.
• A small but notable share of those
who were eligible and even accepted into UC and CSU do not attend college
anywhere.
Full report at http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_512HJR.pdf. The full report contains many charts and tables with more detail
on state funding and enrollments.
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