AAUC Board Meeting January 2012 Report

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AAUC Board MeetingJanuary 2012

Report

Overview

• Philanthropy at UC

• Legislative Advocacy

• Financial Stability and Predictability

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UC Popularity

• Fall 2012 applications: 161,000

• 13.2% increase over 2011

• 91,000 individuals applied

• 19% increase in freshman applications

• Out-of-state and international applications– 21,000 in 2011– 33,000 in 2012

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Occupy Movement

• Campus variation in police policies

• 3 independent investigations being conducted– UCDPD– Academic Senate– Regents and Office of the President

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Sustainability Plan

• Framework with the state

• Predictable Tuition Policy

• Leverage other revenue– Medical Centers– Research– Private Philanthropy– Intellectual Property

• Improve Efficiencies5

Student Support• Low income students qualify for Cal Grants• High income students pay the higher fees• Mid income students

– Cal Grant income cap limits availability

– Many can qualify for UC Grants

– Most pay some or all of increases

• Slight decline in mid-income family students• Mid income students borrow more than before

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Berkeley Middle ClassAccess Plan

• Parent cap at 15% of their income– $80k to $140k

• Student contribution $8,000-$9,000– Combination of work and borrowing

• UC Berkeley to fund the rest

• Total annual costs $24,000 to $33,000

• Working on UC-wide program

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Regents

• Student Health Realignment– Moving from student affairs to Chancellor and Health

Sciences Departments

• Technology Transfer– Decentralize from Oakland to Campuses– UCSF doing well with it– UC system could do a lot better

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