At its Thursday meeting, the UC Board of Regents preliminarily approved its first systemwide tuition increase since 2011 as a part of a new operating budget plan for the 2017-18 academic year. Tuition will increase by $282, and the Student Services Fee will increase by $54 — for a total increase of $336. Undergraduate nonresident supplemental tuition will increase by $1,332. Additionally, the new budget plan includes enrollment-growth funding for an additional 2,500 California undergraduates and 900 graduate students… Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he opposed the decision to adjust student tuition to cover costs rather than soliciting the funding from the state. “By doing the legislature and the governor’s work, by finding the revenue, we’ve let them off the hook,” Newsom said at the meeting.

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by Harini Shyamsundar, The Daily Californian.

Posted: January 26th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.