Jan 24, 2008: Californians Demand: Tuition Relief Now! (Idealist)
One of the barriers to graduates considering nonprofit work is the reality of ever-increasing student debt. There are many efforts to address this problem, and one that is attracting national attention is a grassroots state-wide campaign called Tuition Relief Now! This California-based initiative has students, parents, and community members working together to pass a statewide ballot initiative to make the University of California and California State University more affordable.

Jan 24, 2008: Fees don’t fail me now: Students turn to ballot box to stop rising state-university tuitions (Sacramento News & Review)
“Each semester I have faced being kicked out of classes due not to my grades, but to being late paying student fees,” she said. “At times my professors have let me stay in their classes until I can pay. Many of my friends are also struggling this way.”

Jan 22, 2008: College students urged by Garamendi to protest cuts (San Diego Union Tribune)
Year after year it's the same story. The state can't balance its budget, extreme cuts to education are proposed, and college students protest about higher fees being the Band-Aid for the deficit.

Jan 21, 2008: Budget squeeze falls unfairly on state's higher education (San Jose Mercury News)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget calls for 10 percent cuts in spending for higher education in a year during which one of the largest classes in California history graduates from high school. That is not just bad timing; it is bad policy. It will deny entrance to college for thousands of students, prolong college for thousands of others, and likely lead to increased fees for all four-year college students.

Jan 18, 2008: UC's money troubles may turn away students this fall (San Francisco Chronicle)
The University of California may have to consider turning away thousands of eligible student this fall because of expected cuts in revenue caused by the state's $14.5 billion budget deficit, the UC Board of Regents was told today.

Jan 11, 2008: Bad news for state's universities: Fee increases, fewer students seen as likely effects of lean budget (Inside Bay Area)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget-balancing act unveiled Thursday would chop $1.1 billion from California's public colleges and universities and could force the schools to raise fees more than expected while lowering enrollment.

Jan 2, 2008: The elusive education: Students fight back (East Bay Express)
The cost of attending a school in the University of California or California State University systems has risen inexorably recently, with tuition nearly doubling in just the past six years. With fees outpacing both inflation and financial aid, even students from middle-class families are struggling to obtain bachelor's degrees.

Dec 12, 2007: Tuition Relief Now! (Redwood Musings)
Are you tired of the rapid increase in California University tuition costs?

Dec 11, 2007: Students demand tuition relief (The Modesto Bee)
After seeing their tuition and fees at the state's public colleges increase nearly 100 percent over five years, students are leading an effort to freeze tuition.

Dec 7, 2007: Californians scramble to keep college affordable (New America Media)
As tuition hikes at California State University and University of California institutions have nearly doubled within the last six years, college affordability and accessibility has never been more of a major issue for students.

Dec 5, 2007: Students and parents push to limit college fee increases (The LumberJack)
A group of students, parents and concerned Californians aim to stop the rising college tuition in California.

Dec 5, 2007: Group fights for fee freeze: Initiative to alleviate student costs could be put on 2008 ballot (The State Hornet)
In the spirit of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "year of education" taking place next year, a group in California is making sure that education, more specifically the cost of it, is made a priority in 2008.

Dec 4, 2007: Tuition hikes no good for enrollment rates (The State Hornet)
It's that time of the year again. As the old semester fades away in a smog of final projects and exams, the new semester is already on the horizon. The new semester means hope and promise for some. And for everyone, it certainly means one thing: paying tuition.

Dec 3, 2007: "Bang for Buck" tuition re-evaluated (Union Weekly)
Here’s a fact: CSU tuition has doubled in the past six years. It seems unlikely that a heralded institution like the CSU, often dubbed an affordable system or a “best bang for your buck” type bargain, would have this sort of stat looming over its budget— or the fact that we are a public institution set upon providing Californians with higher education at an affordable rate.

Dec 3, 2007: Tuition relief a student concern (The Daily Titan)
Political science major Caitlyn Whitney thinks it's a disgrace that students cannot afford college.

Nov 29, 2007: Proposed ballot measure would freeze student fees (The Pioneer )
A potential freeze on student tuition could be the result of a new proposition by Students and Families for Tuition Relief Now, a non-profit organization supported by the Greenlining Institute.

Nov 29, 2007: Students fight ever-mounting fee hikes (The Golden Gate [X]Press)
Students fighting the rising cost of public higher education filed a ballot initiative with the state attorney general to freeze mandatory resident undergraduate fees in the California State University and University of California systems.

Nov 28, 2007: CSULB students voice opposition to rising tuition costs (Daily 49er)
Students of the California public higher education system may be facing yet another fee increase.

Nov 28, 2007: Our View - Student-led initiative to fight fee hikes (Daily 49er)
A California State University student seeking tuition relief these days stands about as much of a chance at surviving as a soccer mom trying to gas up the old minivan at a crack house.

Nov 28, 2007: Students fight to freeze rising tuition rates (Mustang Daily)
Cal Poly tuition rates rose 7 percent for all majors this year from 2006-07. Over the past six years at UC and CSU campuses, tuition has nearly doubled.

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