The press opinion de jour seems to be that Napolitano and the Regents started a conversation about UC finance with their tuition/state funding proposal:
From the generally liberal Sacramento Bee:
There’s nothing like the start of a good conversation. This week, as
state lawmakers gathered for a new legislative session, public higher
education became the talk of the town at long last. In the wake of
University of California President Janet Napolitano’s threat last month
to hike tuition if the state doesn’t give UC more money, the Capitol
suddenly is alive with long-overdue questions...
Full editorial at http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article4267188.html
From the generally conservative San Diego Union-Tribune:
The University of California’s finances and management are about to
get the intense dissection they’ve long deserved, prompted by a power
play by UC President Janet Napolitano. Since state revenue sharply
dropped a half-dozen years ago, we’ve seen near-annual fights over
whether UC should hike tuition. But when Jerry Brown returned as
governor in 2011, he brought a new perspective, asking pointed questions
about whether UC had truly tried to reduce nonessential spending. Enter
Napolitano. The former Arizona governor and homeland security czar took
over as UC president in September 2013. In recent months, she’s made it
plain she will be far less deferential than her predecessors.
Napolitano persuaded UC regents to tentatively commit to five years of 5
percent annual tuition increases that would cumulatively total 28
percent. Presently, UC students pay about $12,000 a year, not including
room, board, instructional materials and other mandatory costs...
Full editorial at http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/03/napolitano-triggers-needed-debate-on-uc-funding/
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