UC and UCLA are trumpeting the rise in applications for admission for the coming year.* How does this development play out in the current tuition/funding conflict? Hard to say. But if enrollments were to be cut back as a result of the outcome of that conflict, there would be many frustrated parent/voters. Gov. Brown might get some mileage out of his proposed cap on out-of-state enrollments. But he could lose support if it appeared that his refusal to add funding led to fewer in-state students. Some explanations he could offer might not be convincing:
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http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/UCLA-Most-Applied-To-Four-Year-University-In-The-Country/42392 and
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-apps-20150112-story.html
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