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Originally Posted by bejazd
There's an interesting article on student fees and a petition drive in the San Diego Union Tribune from yesterday- Feb 10. I can't link the article but you can go to signonsandiego.com to view it under Education.
Wow- fees at UC in 1979-80 were $736, in 2000-2001 they were $3964 and this year: $7511.
For the Calif State University system they were $210 in 79-80, $1839 in 2000-01, and $3521 this year.
That's in state registration, not including other fees, books or housing.
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I mean . . . this seems like a lot of money, but it's really about a 9% increase per year. Considering inflation and the massive amount of new services provided by colleges in 2008 compared with 1979, I'm not really sure 9% per year is unreasonable - and why did we decide now is the time to freeze?
I think the raw numbers are somewhat misleading here.