The Emergence Of The Federal University

As it gets more funding from the federal government and less from Sacramento, UC Berkeley is effectively morphing from a state university into a federal university. By this year, the funding breakdown for Berkeley had changed completely. Federal research funds bring in $500 million. Student fees yield $315 million and will increase to $340 million next year. Private philanthropy yields about the same amount.And then there is state support, which is down to $300 million this year and about $225 million during the coming academic year. Read more at: 
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