Letters to the Editor: This is how easy and cheap attending a UC school once was

To the editor: I am a University of California system graduate, class of 1972. I took out a $2,000 loan my third year in school to ensure a cash reserve and help establish good credit for the future. Enrollment in a state public university should be barred to non-state residents until every California student has been served first. To the editor: The article reporting that most Californians now see attending the state’s public university systems as unaffordable was informative and a bit disconcerting. The focus was exclusively on whether people believed a four-year degree to be useful “to achieve better economic opportunities.” I never had the slightest sense that I would have a hard time finding a job, partly because I would do anything.