University of Puerto Rico student council condemns approved budget - Ieye News

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras campus’ Student Council denounced that the school’s budget was approved behind closed doors, it said, amid a doubling of the tuition costs of enrollment and fewer exemptions. “Ultimately, they raised the budget of the Chancellor’s Office from $1.4 million to around $4.7 million. That is why they banned the entrance of our representative on Wednesday, August 8, using cheap excuses,” council interim President Gabriel Negrón said in a statement. The student body demanded that the campus’ administration remedy the impact of the austerity measures with the adoption of an “extraordinary” extension and an orientation on the matter “immediately.” http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/university-of-puerto-rico-student-council-condemns-approved-budget/