<p>Recently I wrote a report on USC academics. For this I used the UCLA website, USC posted freshmen profile, US News College Rankings and a report from the Council for Aid to Education, 2010.</p>
<p>In the top ten fundraising institutions for 2009, USC placed 7th. This was ahead of Yale, Duke, UCLA, MIT and Univ. of Chicago. SC raised $368 plus million.</p>
<p>The last report I read SC was fifth in the nation in National Merit Scholars. </p>
<p>Princeton Review ranked USC 98 in selectivity.</p>
<p>The following are some comparisons of SC and UCLA from US News. This data is from the enrolled 2008-2009 class as there was complete data available.</p>
<p>UCLA Admit Rate for the 2008-2009 enrolled class
22.8</p>
<p>USC Admit Rate for the 2008-2009 enrolled class
21.9</p>
<p>ACT composite for enrolled freshmen (SC and UCLA use the exact same system for the ACT)</p>
<p>UCLA 25-31
USC 28-33</p>
<p>Size of freshmen class</p>
<p>UCLA 4735
USC 2766</p>
<p>Faculty Student Ratio</p>
<p>UCLA 1/16
USC 1/9</p>
<p>Faculty Resources Rank (2007 data)</p>
<p>UCLA 42nd
USC 25th</p>
<p>Geographic Representation</p>
<p>UCLA from CA 94%
USC from CA 55%</p>
<p>Giving Contributions to University Ranking</p>
<p>UCLA 109th
USC 8th</p>
<p>In a speech the UCLA Chancellor addressed the huge cutbacks and how it was affecting UCLA.</p>
<p>He remarked UCLA had a multimillion shortfall. At the time of the speech there had been l65 courses eliminated. Tuition and fee increases were expected of $1,170 this year and $1,344 next year.</p>
<p>UCLA has reduced faculty and staff hiring, cut spending on equipment, travel and construction. Data centers and communication networks have been consolidated. Faculty recruitment has been lowered. UCLA will reduce general fund support by 50% for research centers and 40% for teaching services. Student services will be cut 10%. Housing and parking fees will increase by 40%. Other programs and captial projects will be cut by $5 million.</p>
<p>This is an exact quote, “Campus is overenrolled.” </p>
<p>Here are some paraphrased comments from students in a NY Times article of Oct. 26, 2009.
Students in some cases are unable to obtain classes to proceed toward graduation. It is becoming more common to graduate in five years due to inability to obtain required classes. There were some classes where students sat outside the room as there was not enough seating space in the classroom.
Student remarked many students were living in dorm rooms make for two, but housing three.</p>
<p>I accessed the article on the internet.</p>
<p>Average class size will be about 60 per class. Non resident costs for OOS students will be $49,826 for 2009-2010. CA students will be $27,109.</p>
<p>At the same time that UCLA is having huge budget cuts there appears to be more shared research projects between the two Los Angeles institutions according to the USC Chronicle.</p>