Regents Vote to Change Student Fees to Tuition
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
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Email/ShareSAN FRANCISCO - In a move that has stirred debate and raised questions about California's future financial obligations to its public universities, a joint committee of the UC Board of Regents voted Wednesday to change the name of university educational fees to tuition, acknowledging the state's declining funding for the university system.
While the wording change - which is expected to be approved by the full board today - has no impact on the university's use and level of student charges, opponents of the proposal say the change marks an abandonment of the foundational mission of a tuition-free university. The UC states the change will improve transparency by admitting that fee revenue funds a majority of the university's basic