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UC Board of Regents considers budget options, declines to propose additional fee increases
UC leadership is sketching a long-term financial blueprint to deal with plunging state support, but for now, tuition increases are not part of the plan.
UC Regents decide not to back four-year funding plan that calls for tuition increases
SAN FRANCISCO – UC leadership is sketching a long-term financial blueprint to deal with plunging state support.
For now, that will not involve multi-year tuition hikes.
A plan to raise tuition by a minimum of 8 percent for four years – up to 16 percent if state funds do not materialize – was the focal point of the UC Board of Regents’ meeting last Thursday at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.
UC President Mark Yudof stressed the need to have a coherent plan moving forward.
“For 20 years tuition has gone up because for 20 years the state’s commitment has eroded,” UC President Mark Yudof said.
Students react to 9.6 percent tuition increase
Kanwal Ali is already tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and that figure may soon go up even higher.
UC Board of Regents approves a 9.6 percent tuition increase for 2011-2012
San Francisco “”mdash; UC students are looking at a double-digit tuition hike this fall after the latest action taken today by the UC Board of Regents at its bimonthly meeting at UC San Francisco.
The regents voted 14-4 to approve an increase of 9.6 percent on top of the 8 percent hike approved in November ““ a total increase of 17.6 percent. California families who make more than $120,000 annually will now pay $12,192 in tuition.
On the chopping block
A 9.6 percent tuition increase will be proposed to the University of California Board of Regents this month in response to a multi-million dollar cut in state funding last week.
UPDATED: Gov. Jerry Brown enacts budget with $150 million cut to UC, CSU systems
[ Gov. Jerry Brown enacted a budget Thursday ] that includes an additional $150 million cut to the University of California and California State University systems each and would likely lead to tuition hikes, UC officials say.