Cal State students may have 10% fee hike next year
Another fee increase could be on the horizon for California State University students, who already are coping with higher prices this year. Officials in the 23-campus CSU system — which includes Fresno State — are shaping an ambitious financial plan for 2010-11. Under the preliminary blueprint discussed this week by trustees, the CSU would ask for an $882 million increase in state funding above the current $2.33 billion. One element in the plan is a request for $94 million to cover what could otherwise be generated by a 10 percent fee hike. It’s a CSU tactic that presses the state to make the first call on higher student prices. With California already facing a roughly $7 billion deficit next year, the odds seem long for success.
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by Cyndee Fontana, The San Jose Mercury News.