"Their Schools Do Not Offer the Same Quality of Education as a Decade Ago"

"For generations, the University of California system—home to such globally renowned institutions as Berkeley and U.C.L.A.—has been widely recognized as perhaps the best example of what public universities could be. Along with the California State University system and the state’s vast number of community colleges, higher education options here have long been the envy of other states.

"But after years, and even decades, of budget cutbacks from the state, that reputation is under increasing threat."

Jennifer Medina in The New York Times discusses California's higher-education crisis.