UC on offensive to sell tuition increase
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
University of California administrators went on an offensive Thursday to sell their proposal to raise tuition by as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years but faced opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown, legislative leaders and student activists.
UC President Janet Napolitano sent out emails and other messages to alumni, faculty and donors seeking their support for her plan, which would end a three-year-long freeze on UC tuition, help pay for higher pension and salary costs and increase the enrollment of California students.
Unless state funding for UC rises enough to offset those increases, her plan calls for tuition for California undergraduates to rise next year to $12,804, not including room, board and books. By the 2019-20 school year, that could increase to $15,564.
Her plan won the support Thursday of UC chancellors and faculty leaders while important state legislative leaders such as Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins and Senate President pro tem Kevin de Leon expressed deep reservations.
Hmmm. Maybe they could float another property tax like here in Tahoe. . .