La Opinión - noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales desde Los Ángeles - impre.com - A blow to students:
"Higher education is an investment in an individual’s professional and personal development and in the human infrastructure necessary to keep California’s economy competitive. The University of California system’s 30% fee hike is a threat to these goals.
The Board of Regents’ decision is easy to understand given the state’s financial position, but it remains hard to accept due to its impact on students aspiring to a college education.
It can’t be ignored that California has had one of the least expensive public higher education systems in the country. In an effort to close the budget gap, and leading up to this hike, there have been layoffs, furloughs and program and course cancellations to save the system money, but this was not enough. The new analysis of the state deficit, at least $20 billion deeper in the red, is a bad omen for the future"
"Higher education is an investment in an individual’s professional and personal development and in the human infrastructure necessary to keep California’s economy competitive. The University of California system’s 30% fee hike is a threat to these goals.
The Board of Regents’ decision is easy to understand given the state’s financial position, but it remains hard to accept due to its impact on students aspiring to a college education.
It can’t be ignored that California has had one of the least expensive public higher education systems in the country. In an effort to close the budget gap, and leading up to this hike, there have been layoffs, furloughs and program and course cancellations to save the system money, but this was not enough. The new analysis of the state deficit, at least $20 billion deeper in the red, is a bad omen for the future"