A San Francisco judge refused Monday to stop California State University from raising student fees by 20 percent to help offset losses in state funding, but said students at some campuses may eventually get refunds… At Monday’s hearing, Leonard said three-quarters of CSU students hold jobs – 20 percent of them full-time – and said the higher fees would force many of them to work longer hours. She also contended that the university had overstated its claims of hardship and could survive without cutting programs until the spring semester, when it could legally raise fees after proper notice. But Daralyn Durie, the university’s lawyer, said CSU would have to reduce classes and student services if fee levels were frozen. "There is a genuine crisis here," she told the judge.

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by Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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