The University of California Board of Regents has decided that University of California students aren’t paying enough for their higher education. An eight % UC educational costs hike could be put into impact within the fall 2011 term, writes the Associated Press. Financial aid offerings can be expanded to help compensate for the urgent cash outlay.
Not the first UC tuition hike
An average of $822 boost per academic year could be paid by the students due to the UC tuition raise. This increase is on top of an earlier 32 percent raise that University of California already implemented. This new raise will increase revenue by about $180 million. One-third of that amount could be earmarked for financial aid.
A 15.5 percent tuition boost was approved for California State's University system earlier this month. Starting the Fall semester of 2011 the average tuition boost will go from about $4,230 to $4,884.
Students arrested after protests
The day before the University of California Board of Regents agreed to raise tuition, multiple student protests erupted outside board headquarters in San Francisco. One officer had to pull out his gun to keep the students from turning violent while many others were forced to use pepper spray. This resulted in 13 arrests; 11 students and 2 others involved. "The boost is unFEElievable" might be heard in unison from the protesters as the board sat inside and finalized their decision.
The situation for UC students is bleak
The San Francisco Gate stated that Saema Adeeb, a University of California 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. Even the president of UCLA, Jasmine Hill, told the board that students are shoplifting just to eat because they can't afford the schooling price as it is.
Information from
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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