December 19, 2003
Across Western Europe, Students Protest Plans to Increase Tuition
Students in Germany, France, and England took to the streets this month and last to protest government proposals that they fear would weaken public universities and shift more of the cost of education onto students.
In Germany, they briefly occupied Berlin's city hall, and professors staged lectures in busy public places in demonstrations against plans to slash government support for the city's universities by $91-million over the next five years. The students also protested plans to
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