University of California–Berkeley may be forced to reduce its incoming fall 2022 undergraduate enrollment by about one-third, resulting in a $57 million loss in tuition, the university announced on Feb. 14. A Feb. 10 court order requires UC Berkeley to cut 3,050 spots for incoming undergraduate students—matching 2020–2021 enrollment levels of 42,347 students. The university appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court on Monday. “This court-mandated decrease in enrollment would be a tragic outcome for thousands of students who have worked incredibly hard to gain admission to Berkeley,” reads a university statement by Chancellor Carol Christ and Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Catherine Koshland. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Berkeley experienced “abnormally low enrollment” in the 2020–21 school year, according to the university, as many students chose to take a gap year or semester. UC Berkeley argued that the court ruling would have a “devastating impact” on prospective students …