About the blog
You’ve been cheated. You’ve been priced-out. The University of California raised student fees a whopping 32% and you don’t even know if you’re going to be able to find a job that will pay off those ever-increasing student loans when you graduate. You might even be thinking you won’t get to graduate. On top of all this stress, everything that led to this mess – the recession, the state budget, the UC budget, etc. – is complicated and trying to find information is like entering some ridiculous labyrinth.
But wait– don’t panic yet. There are some ways of slashing your own budget that can help you cope with the drastic fee increases. This blog has the dual purpose of analyzing the University of California’s finances and showing you how to save money. While information such as the UC budget and how funding is allocated is available online, it is often both hard to find and difficult to understand. We hope we can “decode” this information for you and serve as a comprehensive one-stop guide to the money-side of the university. Only when we know how the budget and other aspects of the UC’s finances work can the structure be reformed and drastic fee increases avoided.
Please comment or e-mail if there’s something you would like to know more about or if you have any suggestions about how to improve this site.
