UC regents to talk 20 percent nonresident enrollment cap
A proposal to cap nonresident undergraduate enrollment at 20 percent systemwide will be discussed at a UC Board of Regents meeting next week.
The proposed policy, if approved, would permit campuses that currently enroll lower numbers of nonresident undergraduates to increase their proportions accordingly, according to a meeting agenda item made public Monday.
At UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego — the UC campuses where a reduction in nonresident enrollment would be required to meet the 20 percent proportion — the enrollment of nonresident undergraduates will be capped at their current proportions, according to UC spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez.
“We would not want those numbers to change,” Vazquez said. “It would mean a loss for the campuses.”
The policy has been under talks for several months, according to Vazquez. If approved, it will become effective in fall 2017.
“(The policy) balances the university’s commitment to Californian students with the benefits that nonresident students bring,” Vazquez said. “We are quite aware that nonresident students bring … different perspectives, different backgrounds and different geographies to the UC, and that’s very important for students who are preparing to work in a global society.”
The UC Board of Regents will vote on the policy during the open session of its March 16 meeting at UCSF Mission Bay.
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