海角大神

Students want an excellent education and low tuition but a "free lunch" is hard to find during these tough times. 聽The LA Times has some choice quotes over the pain and frustration playing out in California. 聽As I understand it, all nine UC Campuses charge the same tuition prices. 聽This is the problem. 聽

I suggest that each UC campus be allowed to set its own tuition and that the rules are such that 10% of the collected revenue is redistributed from the top 4 schools in terms of tuition is sent to the 5 campuses that charge less. 聽聽If the UC feels innovative, it could charge different tuition prices by campus and by major. 聽Such customization of tuition would generate more revenue, offer students more financing options. 聽 聽One definition of discrimination is to treat different UC campuses the same.

While people moan about rising UC tuition, they forget that the UC is much cheaper than Ivy League schools (our peers!) and that聽many students transfer into the UC from a community college. 聽This means that their effective tuition is roughly 30% lower because the formula (assuming an interest rate of 0%) becomes 聽.5*community college tuition + .5*UC in-state tuition. 聽

Switching subjects: 聽 I would like to show my appreciation to my uncountable number of blog readers by revealing my blog royalties for the last 3 months.

Publication:
Environmental and Urban Economics
Earnings This Reporting Period:
$28.30
So, over the course of 3 months I post around 100 entries. If it takes me 10 minutes to write each of these then that's 1000 minutes or roughly 16 hours so $28/16 = $1.6 an hour 聽---- not bad for a big bad full prof at UCLA?