A $1.5 billion budget shortfall, student outrage over planned annual 6 percent tuition hikes for at least five years, stubborn racial gaps in graduation rates and widespread distrust over how the university handles sexual assault claims. This is the job that awaits Mildred García, who was named chancellor of the California State University today. García, […]
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Cal State System Proposes Regular Tuition Hikes to Forestall Budget Gap
Multiple years of tuition increases are likely heading to California State University students as the 23-campus system seeks desperately needed cash to afford its academic mission. The institution on Thursday published its proposal to begin raising undergraduate and graduate school tuition by 6 percent annually starting in the fall 2024 academic year. For undergraduates, that […]
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New Report says Cal State has $1.5 Billion Funding Gap, Suggests Tuition Hikes
The nation’s largest public four-year university is presently incapable of affording itself. A 70-page report nearly a year in the making by leaders of the California State University details the massive gulf between the money the system currently generates from tuition and receives in state support and the actual costs of educating its nearly 500,000 […]