As he takes on UC’s presidency, Milliken will lean on his experience in three other states

WHEN DESCRIBING JAMES MILLIKEN’S LEGACY as chancellor of the University of Texas system, his supporters point to a plan that, starting this fall, allows many additional undergraduate students to attend tuition-free if their families earn $100,000 or less annually.

Milliken, who on Aug. 1 will become president of the University of California system, pushed through the policy to fully cover tuition and fees for those in-state students, greatly expanding a previous version that gave the benefit to students with families who earned up to $65,000.