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Posted on 11/14/2011 12:35:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge
California State University trustees are proposing a 9 percent hike in undergraduate tuition beginning with the fall 2012 semester, unless the state gives the system more money.
It would be the ninth basic fee increase in nine years for the nation's largest university system, which says higher tuition is the only way to keep up with rising enrollment and declining state support.
"Our options are severely limited," CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed said in a Monday morning news conference. "The state needs to step up and assume its historic role as the primary funder of the university."
The $498 increase comes on top of a 12 percent hike in fees this fall, a 9 percent increase in 2010, and a 32 percent increase in 2009.
The proposal, to be considered at a Wednesday meeting of the CSU board in Long Beach, translates into a $498 annual increase for a full-time undergraduate student, bringing total university fees to $5,970. When campus fees are included, the total cost rises to $7,017 -- and that doesn't include books, room and board.
Fees for students in credential programs would see a $582 increase; graduate students would face a $618 increase.
San Jose State student Marisela Chavez, 21, said that her father, a gardener and landscaper in Napa, took on extra jobs to pay for her tuition. She is the first member of her family to attend college.
"He added some yards so he can help," said Chavez, a junior. "The $500 may not seem like a lot, but it adds up. ... I just told my dad about the increase, and he was upset about it."
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More more more more more more more More more more more more more more More more more more more more more More more more more more more more More more more more more more more More more more more more more more More more more more more more more.............
This may be a radical concept, but how about raising the bar as for what is permissable for being accepted? Like, maybe better grades .... but, that's racist thinking.
I homeschool in the state of California.
CSU can drop dead.
My daughter is now 18 and is in another state. The university system here discourages dual credit for high schoolers. They can stuff their snotty noses up the #*%#$* of those who remain uninformed. They don’t want well educated ambitious students, well, they won’t get mine, that is for sure.
“San Jose State student Marisela Chavez, 21, said that her father, a gardener and landscaper in Napa, took on extra jobs to pay for her tuition. She is the first member of her family to attend college”
Here, folks, is the reason the system is broken and bankrupt. Anchor babies.
Wouldn't rising enrollment lead to lower tuition, not higher tuition? Normally, businesses gain economies of scale as they get larger. If you had a college with 3,000 freshman, and enrollment jumped to 4,000 freshman, wouldn't that make it cheaper, not more expensive to operate on a per student basis? You wouldn't need to pay the President of the University 33% more. You could clearly stuff more kids into lecture halls. Yeah, you'd have to add some sections, but you'd be getting 33% more revenue. (I am just using these numbers as examples, they aren't the actual figures).
A few businesses wouldn't gain much in economies of scale with more customers. Accountants, for instant. But they'd gain some. Almost every business gains efficiencies with more customers. Less overhead. For universities, there must be a lot of efficiencies to be gained, mainly though increased class sizes. Sheesh, this must be the only industry where more customers is a problem.
Rising enrollment?
Why is that do you think?
The solution is simple. Cut out all those unnecessary engineering programs. Otherwise the transgender diversity counseling PhD programs will suffer.
Tell the crybaby wanna-be Obamabots to “occupy” these fat, rich and evil ADMINISTRATORS:
http://www.sfgate.com/webdb/csupay/?appSession=102251860750668
Top 100 Paid CSU employees.
Only a person from the California university system could keep a straight face while saying they needed to increase tuition because they have more students. Here’s an idea.....be more efficient in the use of your resources. Gadzooks! Heresy!
Or...how about not admitting illegal aliens? That should save several million dollars every semester.
As a California resident and small business owner, I can state, without hesitation, that California sucks balls.
Of course they are raising tuition. Someone has to pay to support all the illegal aliens who are getting free educations courtesy of California’s DREAM Act.
Wow! That is some list, and it is just the top 100 paper pushers....hundreds more below that not to mention the Prof. /Teachers.
San Diego State leads in diversity. Can’t remember but they have a major and a bunch of diversity positions. And the new president or whatever they call him got over $100,000 pay raise.
Don't forget to put the Kwanzaa celebration on your calendar. I refuse to donate or support anything in our system until they cut out all this idiocy. They need money if they can do this.
Actually, it makes a LOT of sense, when you consider that they are largely stat-funded, since the portion that is state-funded is actually greater than the portion that is fixed costs.
The UC system is NOT growing at fast as demand for low-cost (state-subsidized) educations, so CSU is pressured more quickly; it’s as if UC is dumping costs over to CSU. Of course, the question is why is CSU accepting students they can’t handle.
The article says “over $100,000 earners” but the top 100 that they list only gets down to $194k. Wow.
Started at SJSU in 1977, then took a break for the US Army and returned in the fall of 83 and graduated in spring of 86. During that time the tuition was $97 a semester, plus books, etc.... My “G.I. Bill” pad me $305 a month. Plenty of beer month. That and work at a warehouse most days of the week, life was good....
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