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Daily Report: Higher Ed

Colleges freeze, reduce tuition as public balks at further price increases

August 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
As an undergraduate at the UC Irvine, Christopher Campbell was almost forced to drop out by repeated double-digit increases in tuition – some in the middle of the academic year – to compensate for massive state budget cuts. Campbell ultimately made it through and is starting law... + read more
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Bill seeks more student control over CSU fees

April 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University students would wield more influence over the creation of new mandatory campus student fees, such as fees for health services, instructional activities and materials, under a bill that advanced this week through the Senate Education Committee. Under current law, the... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Audit finds UCLA wrongfully designated $23M in student fees

August 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
A state audit released last week says UCLA wrongfully designated $23 million in student fees to pay for two projects that were not included in the original fee referendum approved by student voters in 2000.  The finding was part of a 15-month audit [PDF] that concluded the... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Muted response to proposed community college fee hikes

January 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
Unlike the often angry responses in recent years to fee increases at UC and CSU, the community college fee hike proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is being met with little resistance. In his budget proposal, Brown wants to raise community college fees from $26 to $36 per credit, which for students... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Will college fees increase under Brown, like before?

November 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
In his education plan, Governor-elect Jerry Brown acknowledged the problem of rapidly increasing fees at California's four-year universities. "When I was governor, the price students paid for a higher education was a fraction of what it is today," he noted. So what can kind... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

$40 per unit community college fee gets some support

June 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
A move to increase the fees that California Community College students pay from $26 per unit to $40 per unit is getting some support in lawmakers' budget discussions. Unlike costs to attend UC and CSU campuses, the fees at California's 112 community colleges have managed to resist... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

UCLA diverting student fees to fund Pauley Pavilion upgrade

April 6, 2010, 12:06 AM
Update: UCLA is reducing the amount of student fees it plans to use to pay for the Pauley Pavilion upgrade, the Los Angeles Times reports. The university said it will not use $15 million in student fees for Pauley because the cost of the project came in lower than expected. When UCLA officials... + read more
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