Trustees to consider tuition hike at Cal State [ raised 9%! Why not cut Professors 9% ? ]

boston.com ^ | Nov 16 2011 | By Christina Hoag AP

[NoLibZone]

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Trustees of the huge California State University system on Wednesday were to consider another tuition hike, this time a 9 percent increase that would raise student costs $498 to $5,970 a year.

It would be the 23-campus system's ninth tuition increase in nine years.

With campus fees added in, the total cost for undergraduates would be more than $7,000 for the full year.

As trustees discussed overall budget issues, about 40 students demonstrated outside the meeting, holding signs with slogans such as "Make Banks Pay."

Elaine Nadalin, a sociology student at CSU Long Beach, was among several dozen students arriving at the meeting to oppose the hike.

"Students are the least able to subsidize these increases. Some of us will be barred from accessing higher education," said Nadalin, a member of the group Students for a Quality Education. "Banks are making record profits at a time when there are record cuts."

[Paladin2]

The over-educated Occupiers need to go occupy the University management offices (many 1%ers hang out there).

[ottbmare]

The professors have a contract; the university system can’t just cut their pay, whether their pay is at an appropriate level or not.

[TruthConquers]

The CSU and UC system hate dual credit and won’t allow those ambitious kids into their schools.

Well, I say, let them raise prices, the sooner the better.
Let all those middle class kids go somewhere else for college, even out of state. Let those kids work for a year, take a few classes and stay out of CA.

The less paying customers they have the sooner their bankrupt system will fall.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.

[muawiyah]

California allows an out of state student to become a resident after one year ~ so out of state tuition only happens for one year. Then the vault is opened to folks to go to those schools at $5,000 per year. Indiana University, in contrast, charges (tuition and fees) of roughly $9,000 per year for in state. No matter how long you live there, as long as you are a student you never qualify for instate though. Out of state students pay $28,000+ per year.

Indiana is not bankrupt. California is bankrupt. Indiana University has about 40% out of state students at its main campus at Bloomington ~ very popular place.

IU also has a ROTC program that has ranked #1 a number of times over recent decades.

The beach scene at Bloomington is dreadful. However, I've heard you can graduate in under 5 years because all the required courses are available all the time.

[GOP Poet]

and how much will illegal aliens be spending a year ? . . .

[xzins]

In state tuition in Cincinnati is 10,419. They complain about 7000. Hmmmmm.....

[Del Rapier]

There isn’t enough State money to go around,since less and less students are accepted into public universities.....it benefits less “taxpayers” overtime.

I am sure some of these Universities are quite nice and respectable but they are dragged out by what goes on the other campuses and such.

[JrsyJack]

Students are the least able to subsidize these increases. Some of us will be barred from accessing higher education," said Nadalin, a member of the group Students for a Quality Education. "Banks are making record profits at a time when there are record cuts."

So what do banks have to do with it? The CA higher education systems provides 6 digit incomes and lucrative pension and health benefits to the teachers at the Universities. Who pays for that? If you want to be angry at someone then blame the elected officials in CA and damn near every other state that have operated this tuition fueled gluttony.

[abigkahuna]

It’s those eeeevvvviiiilllll jewish communist banker cabal thats behind all of it (sarc)