Casey Kovarik: UC does not have adequate resources to enroll extra 10,000 students

By Casey Kovarik

Janet Napolitano’s plan to enroll an additional 10,000 students at the University of California would expand opportunities for thousands of California residents, but shrink the prospects of those at the school already.

For the past few years, the number of applications the University of California receives annually has steadily increased. To meet this growing demand, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed in May an increase of 5,000 in-state students across the UC system by the 2016-2017 academic year, accompanied by an additional, one-time allocation of $25 million. Last week, UC President Janet Napolitano proposed adding another 5,000 students with a total suggested increase of 10,000 new in-state freshmen and transfer students by the 2018 academic year.

The University of California as a public university is meant to best fulfill the needs of the state population. To do this, it should only enroll as many students as it can without diminishing the quality of education each student receives.

Brown’s plan of increasing the University’s population by 5,000 students represents the best compromise between maintaining the UC’s quality of education, but also increasing access to deserving, qualified students. While Napolitano’s plan is admirable, it’s in the University’s best interest to wait and see the consequences of a larger student body before pursuing more ambitious increases.

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[Source]: Daily Bruin