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While it may not be popular with many California parents, perhaps the
problem with the Cal public colleges is that they've taken a low
cost and low financial aid profile -- which is VERY admirable and
desirable by all of my values, as long as it's affordable.

As our economy has changed, however, the argument can be made that the 
approach of other states -- higher tuitions and higher financial aid --
means that families that can afford $3500-7000 a year in tuition pay that,
and financial aid is there for those who can't afford it ... instead,
in California we now have subsidies for the middle and upper middle
class families (which may not be able to or chose to pay private tuitions
of $15000+ a year, but which could afford $5,000 ...) ....

(No flames, please ... simply one way of looking at it ...
written by a father who has paid two private college tuitions, if
you want to know whither I speak ... and that was not/ is not easy).


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