U. of Calif. Regents Approve Tuition Increase Over Governor’s Opposition

The University of California system’s Board of Regents voted on Thursday to approve a plan that could raise tuition by 5 percent in each of the next five years, the Los Angeles Times reports. The approval clears the way for negotiations to determine the exact amount of the increase.

The system’s president, Janet Napolitano, has argued that the plan is necessary to make up for lower-than-expected state funds. Gov. Jerry Brown, who voted against the plan, said the system should instead study its costs and consolidate duplicative degree programs, among other steps.

Students turned out to protest at the regents’ meeting, but not in the numbers they showed on Wednesday, when a committee of the board met to consider the tuition plan.

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• Source: Latimes

Over the din of students chanting protest slogans, the University of California regents on Thursday voted 14-7 to approve tuition increases of as much as 5% for each of the next five years. As about 25 students in the meeting room yelled “Hey, hey, ho, ho, tuition hikes have got to go,” the actual voice vote of the regents could not be heard by the public.

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