CUNY Approves Tuition Increase Amid Student Protests - Mary Johnson, DNAinfo

long-looming possibility that state budget cuts would force the City University of New York to raise student tuition has become reality. The CUNY Board of Trustees held a brief meeting at Baruch College on Wednesday to comply with a temporary restraining order requiring a full board vote before tuition increases came into effect. Despite outcry from dozens of students who attended the meeting, the board voted to approve the higher rates. “Where are the cuts to your salaries? Where are your priorities?” one student shouted in the middle of the meeting.