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To California Student Protesters: Why Target the Regents?
By Andrew Clark - Politics DailyI have to ask: what, exactly, is the goal of the various University of California student protest movements and their vocal campaigns criticizing the regents' decision to hike tuition? It's true the UC system has been one of the biggest victims in California's budget nightmare. As a result of a $26-billion budget shortfall, the Democrats in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted what the University of California has called "unprecedented state budget cuts of $814 million in 2008-09 and $637 million in 2009-10." It's also true that students have been ...
Drastic Tuition Increase Roils California Campuses
By Richard C. Paddock - AOL NewsBERKELEY (Nov. 20) -- The well-regarded University of California, facing sharp cuts in public funding, has enacted one of the steepest fee increases in its history, jeopardizing its ability to provide a first-class education and setting off a wave of dramatic student protests. The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to impose the largest dollar increase ever in student fees, a hike of more than $2,500 over the next year. That comes on top of a $662 fee increase imposed earlier this year. All told, they amount to a 42 percent jump in fees over two years. Fees are the system's equivalent of ...
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