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Message from the Chancellor

We want you to be aware of the efforts under way to manage the economic crisis in the best interest of our outstanding faculty, staff, and students. We are determined to preserve the extraordinary quality of UCSD amidst declining revenues from the state, endowments, and external sources.

– Marye Anne Fox, UCSD Chancellor

Visit Chancellor Fox's Web site.

The chancellor invites your comments: chancellor@ucsd.edu.

Latest news

Nov. 18: Regents approve student fee hikes, budget plan

Closures and cancellations
If your department has changed or canceled campuswide services or programs due to budget cuts, add your info to a new closures and cancellations page by e-mailing details to blinkhelp@ucsd.edu.

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Nov. 18: Regents committee OKs budget plan, fee hikes
A committee of the UC Board of Regents today approved a systemwide budget plan that seeks an additional $913 million in state funding and also incorporates two student fee increases. Both measures aim to help bridge a severe budget shortfall brought on by the state fiscal crisis. UCOP release

Nov. 18: California's fiscal outlook: The 2010-11 budget
The LAO forecast of California's general fund revenues and expenditures shows that the state must address a General Fund budget problem of $20.7 billion before the Legislature enacts a 2010-11 state budget plan. LAO report

Nov. 15: UC seeks $913M increase in state funding
The University of California will advocate for a $913 million increase in its allocation from the state as part of a budget plan for fiscal year 2010-11 to be presented to the Board of Regents this week. UCOP release

Nov. 12: Commission on the Future hears radical funding ideas
Charging a fee to companies that hire university graduates and eliminating student fees were among the ideas the UC Commission on the Future heard at its recent meeting in Oakland. UCOP release

Oct. 21: New federal role needed
UC President Mark Yudof calls for federal government to bolster its financial commitments to the nation's universities and colleges. UCOP release

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