The UC regents are expected later this spring to remove the word "public" from the schools it examines when setting the price for attending professional school, opening the door to even faster tuition increases. This one-word change will move another step toward fully implementing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s vision, articulated in the 2004 "Compact on Higher Education," to privatize UC and CSU. The governor has cut state support and overseen huge fee increases, shifting more of the cost of college onto students and their families. The UC regents would be using tuition and fees charged by private universities, which serve far fewer students and were never designed to create opportunities for the people of California, as the basis for setting fees for UC professional schools.

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by Stanton Glantz, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: March 24th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.