California's Public Universities Adopt Steep Tuition Increases

By JEFFREY SELINGO

California's two public-university systems, which froze and then rolled back tuition by 10 percent during the economic boom of the late 1990s, agreed last week to increase their price tags for some 600,000 students by as much as 30 percent this fall.

The governing boards of the University of California and California State University systems acted even though California lawmakers remained deadlocked over how to close a $38-billion hole in a state budget that is already several weeks

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States Move to Limit Increases in Tuition - March 5, 2004
U. of California Regents to Consider 32% Increase in Tuition - September 10, 2009
Students Sue States Over Tuition Increases but Face an Uphill Battle - September 19, 2003
Outlook for Higher Education in the 50 State Legislatures - January 6, 2006
Tuition Surges at Public Colleges After Years of Modest Increases - September 22, 2000

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