“Thoughtful coffee w/ @calstate Chancellor Tim White this morn. Pleased #tuitionhikes aren’t on table for CSU,” Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, posted on Twitter on Tuesday after meeting with California State University Chancellor Timothy White. University of California President Janet Napolitano faced a more skeptical audience during a closed-door Capitol meeting with lawmakers who represent UC campuses. They challenged Napolitano over her push for tuition increases of up to 5 percent annually. There also were questions about the system’s bureaucracy, which some faculty unions call bloated. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, has suggested the lower house will ask UC officials to justify their budgets line by line.

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by Jim Miller, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: January 7th, 2015, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.