The UC Board of Regents has decided that University of CA pupils aren’t paying enough for their higher education. According to the Associated Press, a plan was approved today that will raise student educational costs by eight percent in fall 2011. Financial aid offerings can be expanded to help compensate for the immediate money outlay.
UC tuition hike not the first this year
Thanks to the University of California tuition hike, California residents will pay $822 more per academic year, which on average will put the annual amount at more than $11,000. This latest increase follows a massive 32 % UC tuition hike that occurred earlier in the year. The new rate hike is expected to generate an additional $180 million in annual revenue. Only a 3rd of that amount goes towards financial aid.
Earlier this month, the California State University system approved a tuition increase of 15.5 percent. Starting the Fall semester of 2011 the average tuition boost will go from about $4,230 to $4,884.
Many students arrested after a protest of the increase
The day before the University of California Board of Regents agreed to raise tuition, multiple student protests erupted outside board headquarters in San Francisco. 11 students and 2 others were arrested as the protests got out of hand. Many officers had to use pepper spray to keep the children at bay while one officer really went as far as drawing his gun. While the hike had been being implemented there was a chorus of objection as people sang, "the increase is unFEElievable."
University of California students receive very little
The San Francisco Gate stated that Saema Adeeb, a UC Merced biosciences major, might not be able to afford to come back to school next year and can't qualify for financial aid because her family makes too much already. The cost of school is leading some students to steel just to eat because they can't afford both. That is what Jasmine Hill, UCLA president told the board before they made their decision.
Articles cited
Washington Examiner
washingtonexaminer.com/local/ap/university-of-california-regents-vote-on-fee-hike-108892974.html
San Francisco Gate
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/17/MNEO1GDLBJ.DTL
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