June 18, 1999
Mexican University, Paralyzed by Protests, Rescinds Mandatory Tuition Increase
After six weeks of student protests that shut down the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the institution has dropped a plan for its first tuition increase in more than half a century.
Francisco Barnes de Castro, the university's rector, announced that tuition would still be increased -- from the equivalent of two cents a year to about $70 a semester -- but that payment of the higher fee would be voluntary.
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