Over the objections of student protesters, the University of California regents hiked fees by up to 35 percent for dozens of professional degree programs – from nursing to business – even as the board agreed to freeze this year’s undergraduate tuition if voters approve a tax measure on the November ballot. The regents, meeting in San Francisco, also learned that class sizes are soaring at the world-renowned university and that undergraduates have fewer opportunities to do research than just two years ago. Provost Aimée Dorr told the board that more faculty are quitting than are being hired on nearly every campus, and that there are now 23 students for each instructor, up from 18.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: July 18th, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.