In this year's State of the Union Address, President Obama addressed growing problems with higher education tuition costs, namely that they are too high: "Higher education can't be a luxury – it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford." Just about everyone can get behind this statement, but how can it become a reality?
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Paying more is not a better education. UC tuition increases exceed the national average rate of increase. The UC Board Of Regents jeopardizes Californians attending higher education by making UC the most expensive public university.
Self-serving tuition increases are used by UC President Mark Yudof to increase the pay of 80,000 eligible faculty & others. Payoffs like these point to higher operating costs and still higher tuition for Californians. Instate tuition consumes 14% of Cal. Median Family Income! UC is hijacking our kids' futures: student debt.
I agree that faculty in higher education and senior management, like Yudof and Birgeneau, should consider the students' welfare & put it high on their values. Deeds unfortunately do not bear out the students' welfare values of UC Berkeley Birgeneau's senior management and the UC Board of Regents.
We must act. Chancellor Birgeneau's campus police deployed violent baton jabs on students protesting increases in tuition. The sky above UC will not fall when Chancellor Birgeneau ($450,000 salary) is ousted.
Opinions to UC Board of Regents, email marsha.kelman@ucop.edu