[jedberg]

CS enrollment is declining, but not demand. Everyone is citing the numbers from UC Berkeley showing a 26% percent decline in enrollment. What they fail to mention is that the CS department reduced their admit slots by 25% because the TAs negotiated an $80/hr rate, and they can't afford as many, so they can't open as many classes.

But the number of students applying for CS is actually up slightly.

[efficax]

lol they can absolutely afford TAs, i don’t know why they might reduce class slots but that’s not why

[jedberg]

They specifically said that is why. Not sure why you think they can afford TAs at that rate (4x the average at other schools).

Here is a whole article about it: https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/2026-summer/...