California raises tuition 10% - Terence Chea, Durango Herald

AN FRANCISCO – The University of California, one of the country’s largest and most respected higher education systems, raised tuition last week by 9.6 percent for the upcoming school year in response to a sharp reduction in government support. The $1,068 increase passed by the Board of Regents came on top of a previously approved 8 percent hike for 2011-2012. Incoming UCLA junior Alex Jreisat, who is transferring from a community college, said the latest increase will force him and other students to borrow more money and go deeper into debt. “It’s already putting me in an uncomfortable situation financially,” said Jreisat, a 21-year-old anthropology major who traveled to San Francisco to speak at the board meeting. “It’s tragic that the regents keep balancing the budget on the backs of students ... It’s a shame that the state has to put the regents in that position.”