UC is ahead of schedule on its promise to enroll 10,000 more California students by 2019. Only those making more than $150,000 a year will pay the higher tuition, and spending a little more than $300 extra is something that most of them will be able to afford. So much for greater access to higher education for middle-class families. Realistically, UC will never return to the glory days when higher education was nearly free. The state needs a true vision, one that is realistic yet as bold as that outlined in the Master Plan for Higher Education, and which includes major reinvestment in California’s jewel of higher education.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 13:01 UTC