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University of California Board of Regents
University of California Student Regent; joint degree graduate student at UC Berkeley, earning a Masters in Public Policy and a JD from Boalt Law School
PROFILE
Jonathan Stein
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FROM Jonathan Stein
Which Way, L.A.?
Out-of-State Admissions at UC Continue to Rise Fifty-three years ago, the Master Plan for Higher Education promised that America's finest public university system would be available to California high school students who qualified. Affordability was part of the guarantee. Now, state funding has declined, tuition and fees have skyrocketed and more and more students from out of state are being accepted. Graduates of California high schools have a harder time getting in.
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