Many readers of this blog will have received an email yesterday from Chancellor Block detailing a variety of budgetary strategies for UCLA including taking more out-of-state students who pay full freight, fundraising, etc. Included in that message was the following statement which could be taken as a veiled reference to the MBA proposal:
…More self-supporting and revenue-generating academic programs: For many years, UCLA
has offered self-supporting programs such as the online M.S. degree in
engineering. These programs generate revenues that help units meet their
mandated costs. In some cases, they will allow us to redirect core revenues to
other areas that need support. Self-supporting programs raise difficult
questions, though, and each proposal must be considered on its merits. Given the enormous
stresses we face in our efforts to properly support our undergraduate mission,
however, I think we need to welcome opportunities to generate additional funds
and, where feasible, redirect general funds away from programs that can
function effectively without state support. We have convened a joint Academic
Senate–administration task force on self-supporting degree programs that will
examine how we can structure such programs to be consistent with our commitment
to providing an affordable public education…
We’re just pointing out the coincidence. And while you ponder the veiled timing, a little appropriate music which also features a surprise ending:
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