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More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:

More student unrest likely, California college officials tell legislative panel

One month after the pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis, officials are struggling with how to move forward, even as they prepare for the possibility of new protests and building takeovers when students return next month.

UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi speaks at a joint Assembly-Senate committee hearing Wednesday.

UC Berkeley moves to ease tuition burden for some

The University of California, Berkeley, will cap attendance costs for families earning between $80,000 and $140,000 in a new attempt to relieve middle-class parents squeezed by tuition hikes.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau on Wednesday announces cost curbs for families earning $80,000 to $140,000.