California voters know their K-12 schools will see dramatic cuts and perhaps the nation’s shortest school year if they reject a November tax increase. Now, the University of California has revealed its stake in the election: a 20-percent tuition hike for its nearly 182,000 undergraduates. UC’s annual cost could bump to $14,670 a year — one more threat among many if Gov. Jerry Brown’s sales tax and tax on the wealthy fails. California State University students would see their tuitions leap 5 percent to $6,120 a year… UC administrators noted in a report to the Board of Regents that even the best-case scenario would require “moderate” tuition increases of about 6 percent in each of the next few years.

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by Matt Krupnick, The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted: July 11th, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.