For the fifth time in six years, students in the University of California and California State University systems face the possibility of fee hikes this fall.
Gone are the days when students in the Golden State weren't expected to pay for their education.
University officials looking at eroded state funding for higher education see fee increases as one way to maintain the quality of schools.
Students, many of them anyway, see increasing fees as another broken promise, a sign that education isn't as affordable as it was once meant to be.
It's been almost half a century since the Master Plan for Higher Education was drafted by education officials in California and its principles accepted by the governing boards of the CSU and UC systems. Even parents of today's students are unlikely to remember it.
According to the document - its policies have been revisited and revised over the years - "`tuition' is defined as student charges for teaching expense, whereas `fees' are for charges to the students for services not directly related to instruction." Residents would pay fees for services such as health, housing and recreation, but not tuition.
Today, with fees at the CSU and UC systems contributing to instruction, the line between fees and tuition has blurred.
In a new era, California's public universities are struggling to find a funding formula that works without placing too heavy a burden on students.
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It is a shame that the tuition at my college gone up!
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College tuition has gone up so much during the Gerbil years, you almost wonder if someone is getting kickbacks. In my state it has become insanely expensive to even go to a state school or a City College. And the Gerbil keeps saying we need to get people more educated. I know a lot of people looking for a job or to change a job and the more education seems to be hurting a lot of people, because employers want to pay less.
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