UC Riverside feels sting of state budget cuts - Leticia Juarez, KABC-TV Los Angeles

The University of California at Riverside will begin the academic year this fall with higher tuition, fewer classes and staff layoffs. The university is facing a $46 million shortfall in the wake of state budget cuts. The UC Board of Regents raised tuition another 9.6 percent last week, bringing the total increase to 17.6 percent. This coming school year, students will pay nearly $2,000 more for their undergraduate degrees. Despite raising tuition for a second time this summer, the university needs to make an additional $12.8 million in cuts, which will translate to layoffs in faculty and staff. "Despite our best efforts and enormous lobbying activity, these cuts are significant and will inflict real pain on individuals and programs," said UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White in a statement Tuesday.