Two-year colleges' fees likely to rise 30% - James P. Sweeney, SanDiego.com

Nearly 3 million California community college students are expected to face a 30 percent, $6-per-unit fee increase this fall regardless of how lawmakers ultimately decide to balance the state budget. The increase would lift fees to $26 per unit, about $780 a year for full-time students. But most students would qualify for waivers, grants or enhanced federal tax credits that should cover all of their fees, state and college officials say.