UC fees to rise by additional $2,500 within the year [The Public Press]

Here's a follow up to the University of California stories I've covered for The Public Press. You can read the story below or on The Public Press website.

By Christi Morales

The cost to attend the University of California could skyrocket by more than 30 percent next fall, which would bring fees to a level like never before, the Associated Press and others news sources are reporting.

If approved by the UC Board of Regents, who will discuss details with President Mark Yudof next week, the proposed fee hike would include a 15 percent increase effective for the winter and spring semesters, as well as an additional 15 percent for fall 2010. This means in-state undergraduate students would pay $2,500 more in fees, about $10,302 a year. Graduate and out-of-state students would also have their tuition raised.

Yudof’s fee proposal comes at a time when UC labor leaders have clamored for him to step down, because of budgetary policies that include a contentious employee furlough program and layoffs. He said these measures and the student fee raises are necessary to preserve the quality of education.

In May, the regents had already approved a 9.3 percent fee increase for this fall semester. This newest proposal would make this the ninth time the 10-campus system has raised fees in seven years.