Under plan, UC tuition could rise by 16% a year
Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle
September 13, 2011
The University of California would raise student tuition by at least 8 percent - or as much as 16 percent - every year through 2016 under a plan that UC leaders will propose to the regents Thursday in San Francisco. Basic tuition could top $22,000 in just four years, not including other mandatory fees, books, room and board, if the regents adopt the idea at their November meeting as part of a multiyear budget plan. Undergraduate tuition is currently $12,192. UC officials say the hikes will help cover $2.5 billion in additional funds the university needs to pay its bills and grow enrollment over the next four years.
"A bold new approach is necessary to save the university from an irreversible decline into mediocrity," Executive Vice President Nathan Brostrom and Vice President Patrick Lenz wrote in their proposal to the regents. They said the plan will bring predictability to the wild ride of UC tuition hikes, which have occurred sometimes twice a year and are often accompanied by angry student protests…
But the size of the new annual increases would depend entirely on how much more money the state is able to give UC each year, if any. This year, for example, California reduced its allocation to UC by $650 million, and it expects to withhold even more money next winter unless the state's revenue picture improves…
Full story at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/12/MNLA1L3IGU.DTL
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