DA Voices: How do you feel about recent hikes in UC tuition?

Andrew Chacon, Staff Writer
October 4, 2015

The UC Regents voted last November to increase tuition by as much as 28 percent over the next five years, bringing tuition up above $15,000 (in-state), unless the state gives more money to the 10 campuses.

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Mariam Khan, 18, undecided:
“The UC Regents and the governor should have worked on obtaining a better solution because this generation of Americans need higher education more than ever. It is not as easy as it once was to be successful without having any college experience.”

 

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Keith Lara, 19, legal studies:
“Many of us are already forced into loans with high interest rates right out the gate coming into a community college. Raising fees more will only drown us further into debt as we strive to further our education into the higher levels.”

 

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Tristan Ebarle, 20, kinesiology:
“I don’t appreciate the fact that college is already way too expensive to attend. Our government seems to have money for wars and entitlements, and I believe higher education should be a bigger priority for us a country.”