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Ironically back in the 80s it cost around $75/year for UC. I went to UC in 1990, say tuition go from $375/year to $20,000/year by 1995. The changes Bush and Cli
by shams93 10y ago
Ironically back in the 80s it cost around $75/year for UC. I went to UC in 1990, say tuition go from $375/year to $20,000/year by 1995. The changes Bush and Clinton made in the 90s enabled this situation where schools on the one hand lost state subsidies and on the other hand you saw the radical financialization where it became the norm to suddenly be 22 years old and in 6 figures of debt.
- M_Grey 10y agoIt's just sick, and coupled with the early indoctrination that you're a loser if you don't get higher education, it's a real push-pull scam.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoAh Bill Clinton, that famous governor of California in the 80s and 90s!
- hueving 10y agoThe problem impacted all of the schools in the US in the 90s. As a national issue, the governor of California had nothing to do with that.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoThe sharp rise in tuition in UC schools was a result of a national issue?
- hueving 10y agoYes, this tuition spike happened everywhere in the US due to the availability of student loans for everyone who had a pulse at effectively any asking price. All of the universities had absolutely no incentive to cap tuition increases because everyone could always pay.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y agoThat conveniently ignores state subsidies to the UC system, and dare I say it is pretty ideological.
- amyjess 10y agoState legislatures are to blame, too. Tuition at UTD skyrocketed when the Texas state legislature uncapped tuition in 2003. Before that, tuition at public universities was capped by state law, but afterwards, each university was allowed to set their own tuition. UTD became one of the most expensive public universities in the country starting in 2004.
- hollerith 10y agoWhat changes made by US Presidents could have such a drastic effect on part of California's government? Outside of funding of researchers, which I doubt went down much during Bush and Clinton, I thought the federal government had (and has) relatively minor influence over the University of California.