…campuses here have stubbornly insisted on using the word "fees" for the instructional charges that other states call tuition. Now, however, a movement is underway to drop what many education experts consider an outdated, even dishonest term. It’s high time, they say, to adopt the "T-word" in registration bills and campus discussions. For example, with UC’s basic undergraduate educational cost now topping $10,000 a year, three times more than a decade ago, "tuition" is the accurate term, they say. They also note that in 2009, California’s confusing terminology nearly kept the state’s veterans from receiving certain federal education benefits and financial aid.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

Posted: June 14th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.