UC Plans to Enroll 1,400 More California Undergraduates With No Tuition Increase [latimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/16/197:00 AM

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2019

The University of California plans to enroll 1,400 more California undergraduates next year with no tuition increase under a 2020-21 budget approved Thursday by the board of regents.
The UC system also will enroll 1,000 additional graduate students and expand mental health services and academic support in its drive to increase graduation rates and close the achievement gap among diverse student groups.

The UC Student Assn. successfully lobbied regents to ask the state for $43 million for services for students living in the U.S. illegally and those who were formerly incarcerated or in the foster care system.

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