The University of California may raise its undergraduate tuition by 32 percent by the fall of 2010 to replace sharply declining state support. The tuition proposal, which the system’s Board of Regents plans to discuss at a meeting next week, would raise resident undergraduate student fees by $585 in the spring semester of this academic year and by an additional $1,344 next fall. The university’s professional schools may also turn to unusually large tuition increases to make up for state budget reductions.
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One Response to U. of California Regents to Consider 32% Increase in Tuition
madamesmartypants - September 11, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Good for the UCs. It’s just disgusting what the California legislature has done to education this year. The average class size in California high schools is 42.5. Class sizes in K-2 have been raised from 20 to 25 (can you imagine spending six hours a day with 25 6-year-olds? Now try to imagine teaching them). There’s been talk of raising class sizes (they are already huge) and otherwise reducing the value of a UC education; this is a better solution. I dare hope that a punch in the pocketbooks might make parents in the legislature (at least, those who send their kids to public high schools) rethink their votes.