So-called ed fees are redistributed by UC in grossly unfair ways. The formula for this redistribution is wrong and completely unequal. So for instance, UCSB and UCSC retain about 80% of these ed fees locally. UCLA and more massively UCSF profit from the formula. Whatever these two campuses do with the money doesn’t seem to be redistributed to the system. I say “doesn’t seem”, because I’d like to know more about how much money flows back to UC central admin from the myriad of federally funded research projects. Perhaps much more money comes back to UCOP from these professional schools than is put in? How much and what is done with it? Read about it here (94kb pdf). Conclusion: in the absence of transparency and fairness in the distribution of the fees, especially now when they are becoming a more important source of revenue than state support, and the inequity in the distribution is exacerbated, it is important to oppose any increase.