[quote=bearishgurl](…)I think there are and will be too many incoming students who are qualified and want to attend CA public universities when there are insufficient billets. Thus, they will have to go private or out of state if they want to work on a four-year degree. This could cause some parents to move to another state at least one-year prior to HS graduation to establish residency. Or move after HS graduation and their new graduate taking one year off to work. Out-of-state tuition cost 2.5 to 3 times as much as in-state tuition. It is needless to pay that if the parents can otherwise transfer in their job(s) or obtain a new one.[/quote]

I don’t think many parents now close(r) to the retirement (in their 50s) would up and go just for the kid to get residency in a certain state. Jobs for “older” people are harder to find too. So that leaves the kids having to borrow a boatload of money to pay for an out-of-state and/or private college.

Coming back to California – if there will be many more in-state QUALIFIED applicants, wouldn’t that translate in more money paid to the universities => more money to hire/expand teachers/classes etc.?