As UCD faculty we are all unhappily aware of the erosion in state support for our institution and its students. Perhaps, however, we view this with an element of resignation as a part of a national trend. However, according to a study by the Chronicle of Higher Education, of 70 large research institutions in the country, UCD has the dubious honor of ranking second in terms of erosion in state support, trailing only UI, Chicago. (Three others of the ‘top seven’ on the list are other of our sister UC campuses.)
http://chronicle.com/article/25-Years-of-Declining-State/144973/