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How long does it take for a UC Berkeley or UC Riverside student to earn a bachelor’s degree? How do the costs of attending the University of California stack up against other public institutions across the country? How much debt do UC students take on? How much do the UC campuses spend on research?
The answers to questions such as these and many more in the areas of admission, finance and diversity are contained in a new draft report being released by the 10-campus UC system. While much of the information previously was available in scattered studies, the new document pulls together important measures of UC education for the first time in one easy-to-browse form.
It is expected to be the first of an annual report implemented by UC President Mark G. Yudof. Yudof said he wants legislators, teachers, students and parents to take a look. “People deserve an honest answer to the question of how you’re doing, and it needs to be backed up by statistical data,” Yudof said, adding, “You can’t measure everything, but the fact you can’t measure everything doesn’t mean you don’t measure anything.”
The draft report is available online: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/accountability
— Larry Gordon
