CSU Increases Fees by 20%
In the context of California’s gigantic budget dilemma, the California State University (CSU) today voted to increase the State University Fee by 20%. This tuition increase at the country’s largest public university system marks a 30% increase over the last three months; a 10% increase was already implemented in May… The vote was widely expected by stakeholders throughout the system. Written into law by the California government over fifty years ago, the CSU system is intended to provide an accessible, affordable, quality higher education to the people of California. However, beginning in the early 1990’s and continuing since then, the state legislature has repeatedly eliminated general fund support for not only the CSU, but also the UC and Community College systems.
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by Miles Nevin, The Long Beach Post.