Comments on: The State of the University http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/10/06/the-state-of-the-university/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-state-of-the-university it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Dave Burhenn http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/10/06/the-state-of-the-university/comment-page-1/#comment-31744 Dave Burhenn Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:49:31 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=29635#comment-31744 Regarding Cal versus Michigan tuition. The cost to California residents at Berkeley is $9,748 per year, versus $11,659 for Michigan residents (freshmen-sophomores) at U-M. Cal tuition is expected to rise due to the need to meet state budget cuts. A 10% increase, which has been discussed, would bring Cal tuition to $10,722. Tuition at the UCs for resident students is no longer “much less” than tuition at U-M.

There is a great deal of fear in the entire UC system as to the impact of state budget cuts. There is a proposal to charge engineering and business majors an additional $900 per year on the theory that they can get well-paying jobs after graduation.

The difference between Cal and at Michigan is that at the latter, state budget cuts have been a reality for years and the university has been forced to adapt.

]]> By: Anon http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/10/06/the-state-of-the-university/comment-page-1/#comment-31516 Anon Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:49:53 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=29635#comment-31516 The situation in California has nothing to do with the qualifications of the Guvinator. U Berkeley gets a greater proportion of its budget from the state of California than U-M does from Michigan. U Berkeley’s tuition for in-state students is also much less than U-M’s, by the way.

]]> By: Joan Lowenstein http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/10/06/the-state-of-the-university/comment-page-1/#comment-31515 Joan Lowenstein Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:04 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=29635#comment-31515 UM seems to be in much better shape than the University of California. I was just in Berkeley for parents’ weekend and heard Robert Reich speak. At Cal, they are cutting out classes, not hiring new profs, and taking pay cuts. All this is partly due to Californians’ election of a body-builder as governor, but in any case, UM has done a better job of managing its resources. Of course, there is more dependence on out-of-state tuition (Cal limits out-of-state students to under 10%) and endowment money. Thanks for covering the speech, Mary.

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