Tom Campbell wants LA and Berkeley to cost as much as Stanford

[sakky]

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If enrolling fewer students was the objective, why do the flagship schools in the UC system continue to admit so many transfer students?

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<p>Well, obviously right now it’s not the objective. But that’s precisely my point: perhaps it should be. </p>

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Of course, this would mean a departure from the mission of the UC system --or is it?

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<p>UC has a mission, but Berkeley specifically does not. That is, while the UC system is mandated to admit a certain percentage of California high school students, nothing says that they have the right to a top UC. Have them go to UCRiverside or one of the other lower UC’s. Heck, I thought the whole point of the founding of UCMerced was to accommodate the overflow. There is no reason that the two best UC’s must also necessarily be the two most populous.</p>