Changes

In the 1930s research on campus burgeoned in nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to the development of the first cyclotron by Ernest O. Lawrence, the isolation of the human polio virus, and the discovery of a string of elements heavier than uranium. Twenty members of the Berkeley faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes for these and subsequent discoveries, as well as in literature and economics, for liberal arts kept pace with physical sciences. In 1966 Berkeley was recognized by the American Council on Education as "the best balanced distinguished university in the country." [http://www.berkeley.edu/about/history/]

In the 1930s research on campus burgeoned in nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to the development of the first cyclotron by Ernest O. Lawrence, the isolation of the human polio virus, and the discovery of a string of elements heavier than uranium. Twenty members of the Berkeley faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes for these and subsequent discoveries, as well as in literature and economics, for liberal arts kept pace with physical sciences. In 1966 Berkeley was recognized by the American Council on Education as "the best balanced distinguished university in the country." [http://www.berkeley.edu/about/history/]

In the 1960s UCB was the epicenter of the California [[counter culture]] movement. [[Ronald Reagan]] admonished the schools lack of morals and proper conduct in a 1966 speech when he was campaigning for governor of [[California]].<ref>http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/08_reagan.shtml</ref> Today the school is currently the highest ranked [[public university]] in the country, but the fact that despite its massive influx of state [[government]] money  it consistently is outperformed by private schools like its rival [[Stanford]] is considered by many education experts to be definitive proof of the supremacy of [[private education]].

In the 1960s UCB was the epicenter of the California counter culture]movement. [[Ronald Reagan]] admonished the schools lack of morals and proper conduct in a 1966 speech when he was campaigning for governor of [[California]].<ref>http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/08_reagan.shtml</ref> Today the school is currently the highest ranked public university in the country, but the fact that despite its massive influx of state [[government]] money  it consistently is outperformed by private schools like its rival [[Stanford]] is considered by many education experts to be definitive proof of the supremacy of [[private education]].

 

==Finances==

==Finances==

After the state legislature in 2011 slashed $650 million from the University of California system's previously $3-billion budget, tuition at UC schools rose 17% for in-state students and 5% for nonresident ones, prompting student protests and sit-ins on the Berkeley campus. With California already leading the nation in tuition increases, the UC system has said that annual tuition spikes could range from 8% to 16% over the next four years.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304432704577350214257041598|title=Cal's Football-Stadium Gamble |work=Wall Street Journal|date=April 20, 2012|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> The Berkeley campus budget for 2012-13 was $2.16 billion.<ref name=facts/>

After the state legislature in 2011 slashed $650 million from the University of California system's previously $3-billion budget, tuition at UC schools rose 17% for in-state students and 5% for nonresident ones, prompting student protests and sit-ins on the Berkeley campus. With California already leading the nation in tuition increases, the UC system has said that annual tuition spikes could range from 8% to 16% over the next four years.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304432704577350214257041598|title=Cal's Football-Stadium Gamble |work=Wall Street Journal|date=April 20, 2012|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> The Berkeley campus budget for 2012-13 was $2.16 billion.<ref name=facts/>