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The domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was observed at UCR in September of last year when the Budget Advisory Committee suggested that athletics be cut in order to balance out the negative financial impact put on by the pandemic.
“COVID affected everybody differently. We had staff members who lost relatives. At least ten friends of mine lost relatives,” said Interim Director of Athletics Wesley Mallete. “We were dealing with literally or figuratively life or death situations. Life and death with COVID, life or death potentially of the athletics department, keeping people healthy, keeping people safe, managing people through this mentally, physically, emotionally and professionally.”
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Several UC chancellors call for tuition increase amid pandemic-fueled budget crisis Teresa Watanabe © (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) UCLA is grappling with the pandemic s financial fallout in part by redeploying workers, such as those in food service who are now making meals for low-income families as campus demand has plunged. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
As the pandemic throws the University of California into one of the worst financial crises it has ever collectively faced, top leaders at the majority of campuses say it s time to consider a tuition increase for fall 2022.
Chancellors and senior leaders at five of the nine UC undergraduate campuses told The Times that the staggering financial hit to their operations triggered by the coronavirus crisis and a $300.8-million proposed state budget cut this year have underscored the pressing need to open talks about tuition rates which regents have increased just once for California students since 2011.
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As the pandemic throws the University of California into one of the worst financial crises it has ever collectively faced, top leaders at the majority of campuses say it’s time to consider a tuition increase for fall 2022.
Chancellors and senior leaders at five of the nine UC undergraduate campuses told The Times that the staggering financial hit to their operations triggered by the coronavirus crisis and a $300.8-million proposed state budget cut this year have underscored the pressing need to open talks about tuition rates which regents have increased just once for California students since 2011.
The financial squeeze has prompted campuses to slash budgets, dig into reserves, borrow funds, substantially halt hiring and, at UC Riverside, propose axing its athletic program, drawing hundreds of protest letters, emails and calls.