The University of California will not raise tuition this school year even if state budget triggers are pulled next month and the system loses another $100 million, UC President Mark Yudof said today. His announcement puts UC in line with CSU and the community colleges, which earlier had waved off potential mid-year tuition increases if state budget triggers are activated… Yudof also said today that UC will ask the state for $2.8 billion in 2012-13, an 18 percent increase from the $2.37 billion it received this year. But UC officials acknowledged that their request is more of a wish-list than a figure they will actually plan on, saying it’s been more than 10 years since the state appropriated as much as UC requested in its annual ask.

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

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