Every time UC student fees (read: tuition) are hiked, students protest. In the past, faculty have been sympathetic, but school proceeds as usual.
So you know how California has this whole budget crisis thing going on? The UC Regents decided to deal with it by raising student fees by 45% over two years. This means that for in-state students, fees will go up over $10,000 - not including books, housing, etc. (I don't have the numbers for out-of-state students, but since they already pay something comparable to what they'd pay at a private university, it can't be pretty.) That may not sound high compared to a private school, but UCs are supposed to represent an affordable, high-quality educational option for California students. Current students are understandably worried about suddenly having to come up with more money, and faculty and staff are finally starting to worry about losing great low- and middle-income students to schools that can offer realistic financial aid packages. There are a slew of service employee and grad student issues, too. But that's another post for when I'm more awake. --Rose On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:15 PM, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote: > > > http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-09-24/article/33788?headline=Walkout-Rally-Hailed-as-Rebirth-of-UC-Activism > > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > dan...@panix.com > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
