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The UC Board of Regents Thursday approved a plan to close a $1 billion budget shortfall through a combination of higher student tuition, cost-cutting measures and operational efficiencies. Regents, on a 14-4 vote, reluctantly approved a 9.6 percent tuition increase, effective this fall for all UC students. Also: Retirement plan updates from regents, UCOP
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Proposed tuition hike would offset 25% of budget shortfall
July 13, 2011:
With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a $1 billion budget gap, the University of California Board of Regents will vote July 14 on a budget and proposal to increase tuition by $1,068 per student for this academic year.
Tuition, fee increases eyed for UC budget shortfall
July 5, 2011:
With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a billion-dollar budget gap resulting from steep cuts in state funding, the University of California staff is preparing to recommend to the Board of Regents that roughly one-quarter of the shortfall be offset with tuition and fee increases.
UC hails rejection of challenge to AB 540 tuition rules
June 7, 2011:
UC’s general counsel expresses satisfaction that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the California Supreme Court’s unanimous decision upholding the legality of AB 540, the California state law that allows certain nonresidents, including some undocumented students, who attend and graduate from a California high school to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities.
UC Berkeley named top public university for tuition ROI
April 22, 2011:
PayScale Inc. has named UC Berkeley the top public university in the country in its 2011 College Return on Investment Report. The Seattle-based online provider of employee compensation data examined the college return on investment at 691 U.S. undergraduate institutions that offer an on-campus residential experience.
