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Major Program Changes
  • In accordance with the Higher Education Compact signed by the Administration and UC in 2004, the Budget includes a 4 percent increase of $116.7 million for basic budget support and an increase of $54.4 million for 2.5 percent enrollment growth, sufficient to fund 5,000 full-time equivalent students.

  • The Budget reflects an increase in fee revenue of $104.7 million associated with fee increases of 7 percent for undergraduates, graduate students, and most professional school students. Fees for certain law and business programs will increase by 10 percent.

  • As part of a UC research initiative intended to keep California in the forefront of technological innovation, the Budget includes an additional $5 million to enhance UC's bid to win a national competition to build a new $200 million Petascale computer and $15 million in additional core support for the California Institutes for Science and Innovation.