It took
nine months of late-night meetings, data crunching, calculations and
consultations by a small group of UC Riverside students to hammer out what they
say is an antidote to state cutbacks for higher education and tuition that has
nearly quadrupled in 10 years. They call
themselves FixUC. Their manifesto is the UC Student Investment Proposal, which
calls for eliminating the upfront costs of college and having working graduates
pay 5 percent of their salary back to the system for 20 years…
The
proposal has caught the attention of UC honchos, primarily because it was
conceived by students, UC spokesman Steve Montiel said. Two UC vice presidents
are scheduled to meet with the group before the regents meeting…
A similar
idea was raised in 2009 by UC Berkeley economist Robert Reich, a labor
secretary in the Clinton administration who was appointed to a UC commission to
address state funding cuts…
Full article at http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20120117-riverside-ucr-students-plan-gets-attention.ece
UPDATE: The story of the plan was picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/18/BAF11MR30P.DTL
and by the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-regents-20120119,0,7115732.story
UPDATE: The story of the plan was picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/18/BAF11MR30P.DTL
and by the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-regents-20120119,0,7115732.story
3 comments:
UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau doubles instste tuition and subsidizes foreign student tuition.
Birgeneau must be retired.
Instate tuition doubled at Cal by Chancellor Birgeneau while he subsidizes foreign student tuition.
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