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.

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.