Also, many faculty attend conferences and conduct research during the summer, an additional disincentive to summer teaching. The research we do is important to California s economy and to our own economy. We can t see that compromised, said UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor Wyatt Hume. More courses, said UCLA s Hume, will encourage more students to take high-demand classes, including general education prerequisites and courses in rapidly growing fields such as psychology. Enrollment for Summer Sessions is now open at Berkeley and UCLA, with UC Santa Barbara soon to follow.
Early indications show increased enrollment, as well as registration for a higher number of units.
The path we would like to pursue at Berkeley would involve going from about 1,500 full-time enrollments last summer to about 3,500, said Gray. We re optimistic, but we realize that there are problems that aren t going to be solved in a year or two. There are still a lot of unknowns. We re going to build it and see if they come. Copyright 2000, The Regents of the University of California.