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Keep ’em moving

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Will the CSU concept described below come to UC?  Particularly if Prop 30 fails, the Regents will be under pressure to come up with “solutions.”  From the San Francisco Chronicle:

California State University trustees will consider raising fees next Tuesday for certain students – at least 53,000 who take extra credits, linger too long at school or repeat classes – even if voters approve the university-friendly tax measure known as Proposition 30 on election day.  The idea, CSU officials say, is to force students to move through school faster…
— A “graduation incentive” fee. Students who take more units than they need to graduate would be charged hundreds of dollars beyond the basic tuition for every extra unit they take. If Prop. 30 fails, triggering a $250 million cut to the CSU system, the new fee would be $399 a unit each semester. If it wins, the fee would be $372 for each unit…
— “Third-tier” fee. Students who take more than the regular full-time course load would be charged an extra $209 a semester for every extra unit if Prop. 30 fails. If it passes, they would be charged $182 for each extra unit…
— “Course repeat” fees. Students currently may repeat nine courses during college. Under the proposal, repeaters would be charged an extra $105 a unit each semester if Prop. 30 fails. If it passes, they would be charged an extra $91 a unit…
CSU officials say they have turned away “tens of thousands of eligible applicants in recent years” and they need to do something about it…

Full story at http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/CSU-eyes-fee-increases-for-some-students-4010982.php
Just keep ’em moving:
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