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Not sure why a Judge gets to decide this but it makes sense. Why are we expanding Berkeley - in a super expensive area for students instead of expanding in Mer
by outside1234 5y ago
Not sure why a Judge gets to decide this but it makes sense.
Why are we expanding Berkeley - in a super expensive area for students instead of expanding in Merced (or even Davis) - where is much less expensive.
- TedShiller 5y agoExactly. Quality of education has gone down. Let's make it smaller again (not just freeze).
- kjksf 5y agoBecause capitalism and private property and free will. Berkley doesn't get to tell you to live in a cheaper appartement. In return, you don't get to tell Berkley where they can open a new campus. I get that in this case the Judge decided to stop the expansion. I'm just responding to "Why are we expanding Berkeley" bit. There's no "we" here. There's only UC Berkley and they get to decide how to conduct business.
- frostburg 5y agoBerkeley is a public university.
- TedShiller 5y agoJust because something is public doesn't mean it has to be of poor quality.
- frostburg 5y agoIt does however raise certain issues if you're arguing for arbitrary governance due to property rights as gp is.
- TedShiller 5y agoSure, but people shouldn't dismiss something bad happening to a public institution (as in this case) as inevitable, just because it's public.
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- melony 5y agoBecause it is unfair to gatekeep the most reputable school in the UC system while California's population is growing?
- Domenic_S 5y agoWhy's that?
- aesh2Xa1 5y agoYou're asking, so, per OP and with no more data (which you did not provide): as population increases, more will seek a desirable good — UC Berkeley education. The data you didn't provide might be, for example, a school which could suitably meet the increased demand.
- toast0 5y agooutside1234 suggested (UC) Merced or (UC) Davis as schools more suited to expansion than Berkeley. Ostensibly, all UCs are high quality education destinations. I don't know that Merced has earned distinction yet, but UC Davis is distinguished and interested parties could discuss the relative level of distinguishment.
- kelnos 5y agoI think it's pretty safe to say that UCB has a much more "elite" reputation than Merced or Davis. (Whether or not you actually get a higher-quality education at UCB isn't really relevant; the perception, rankings, etc. are what matter when people decide what school they want to go to.)
- tareqak 5y agoI'm totally uninformed here, but why can't the other UC system members learn to replicate whatever is necessary in order to work towards having a reputation in the same league as UC Berkeley?
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