From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!swatt Newsgroups: net.college Title: Re: U.C. Boycott of Classes 2/16 - (nf) Article-I.D.: ittvax.619 Posted: Sun Feb 13 21:11:48 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 01:19:49 1983 References: yale-com.874 Ye Gods! Boycott classes because the tuition went up from $100 to $300??? Not only counterproductive, but unrealistic. State and Federal government agencies are competing with each other to see who can cut more money faster. Institutional grants dry up in a real hurry if companies are losing money. Where do you expect UCB to get the money it needs to operate? You might consider the UCB tuition in light of Reed College. According The the latest President's report, ** 71% ** of the 1982 revenues came from student tuition and fees ($6,975,000 out of $9,726,000). Ten years ago, it was ** 85% **. Even this didn't cover expenses and they had to dip into their reserves for $150,000. Not surprisingly, 14.4% of their expenditures were on student financial aid (up 55% from 1981). Even so, when their freshman enrollment was 30 below projections last year, it HURT. I don't know what percentage of students receive some form of assistance, but it is quite high. My point in all this is although you might think of Reed as as school for "rich kids", the cost per pupil for undergraduate education probably isn't significantly greater than at UCB. The difference is that as a totally private institution, the "customers" have to pay the entire cost. Reed got $222,000 from various government grants in 1982, down from $256,000 the previous year. The "tuition" at UCB is subsidized by massive funds from the state of California, and probably the Feds as well. From everything I've heard, students at UCB get a very good education. At $300 / semester, it's a real bargain these days. - Alan S. Watt