California universities' tuition hikes raise concern

11-22-2010

By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times

Since he entered UCLA in 2006, Carlos Juarez has interrupted his studies at the Westwood campus four times in response to increasing fees. At Cal State Fullerton, the rising cost of her education has caused Michelle Santizo to reduce her status to part time, and the health science major will leave the school next semester to complete her coursework at a less-costly community college. The two students have come of age at a time of unprecedented change at California's public universities, when students and their families are being asked to pay a greater share of education costs because of declining state funding. That burden is growing. University of California regents last week approved raising basic undergraduate fees to $11,124 next year, not including campus charges and room and board. Cal State University trustees recently voted to boost undergraduate fees 15% by next fall, to $4,884, not including campus fees and other charges. (more…)

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