The chancellors of the University of California and California State University systems said Monday that they don’t plan to seek student fees increases this year, despite a state budget proposal that calls for more than $1.4 billion in combined cuts to higher education. But UC Chancellor Mark Yudof and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said their promise won’t hold if Californians don’t agree to tax extensions that Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing for the June ballot… The chancellors of all three systems testified at a budget hearing in Sacramento, where they said they are prepared to make deep cuts to administration, teaching staff and services for students. They warned, though, that California’s renowned higher education system is being jeopardized and they are likely to continue to turn away hundreds of thousands of students.

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by Juliet Williams, The Mercury News.

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