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Dec 14th, 2014
The new round of tuition increases just approved by the UC regents again is focusing attention on our state government's failure to adequately fund California's higher education...
Dec 12th, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — A plan to raise fees at the University of California system doesn't seem to be deterring prospective students and the system has again received a record number...
Dec 10th, 2014
When California Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing Proposition 30 in 2012, he sold it with the promise that the income and sales tax increases in his measure would put off sharp tuition...
Dec 7th, 2014
First of all, Californians think that raising university tuition again is a really bad idea. A non-starter. Second, although the University of California is crying for more state...
Dec 6th, 2014
My eldest son, Casey ,submitted his application to the University of California only two days before the deadline. I thought this was cutting things pretty close, but I was wrong....
Dec 5th, 2014
Amid widespread fury over tuition-hike threats, two state senators are attempting to strip the University of California of the constitutional independence from the Legislature it...
Dec 4th, 2014
There’s nothing like the start of a good conversation. This week, as state lawmakers gathered for a new legislative session, public higher education became the talk of the town...
The University of California (UC) Regents have approved a whopping 28% increase in tuition over the next five years, if the state doesn’t give the system more funding. Many...
State Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, proposed Wednesday a constitutional amendment that would give the state Legislature some control over the University of California,...