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The UC Student Association, or UCSA, and The Institute for College Access and Success, or TICAS, released a report examining the burden of student debt across the UC system for the year of 2017-18, according to a UCSA press release sent out March 21.
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On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a $209-billion state budget proposal that allocates $1.4 billion to the UC, CSU and community college systems.
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At its morning meeting, the board approved the university’s revised 2018-19 budget plan, which indicates increases in state funding, maintains the student service fee at its current rate and reduces tuition by $60.
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Students urged the regents to include students in budgetary efforts at earlier stages and emphasized taking the student experience into account.
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Gov. Jerry Brown released his May revision to the 2018-19 state budget Friday, slightly upping the January proposed 3.2 percent boost to a 3.8 percent increase in higher education funding and adding a one-time $100 million funding for deferred maintenance.
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Organized in four separate Gig Car Share cars, 13 UC Berkeley students traveled to Sacramento early Tuesday morning to continue lobbying for increased state funding for the UC system.
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The UC Board of Regents, which acts as the governing body of the UC system, has the “full powers of organization and government” according to the California State Constitution. This power is most obviously and publicly exhibited through raising tuition, increasing the salaries of UC chancellors and prolonging UC worker contract negotiations.
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The ASUC Senate passed a resolution establishing annual stipends for campus students who are board members of the UC Student Association, or UCSA.
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The 3.5 percent nonresident supplemental tuition hike amounts to an increase of $978, bringing out-of-state tuition up from $28,014 to $28,992. This vote sets the tone for the upcoming in-state tuition vote — a conversation that was postponed to May during a January meeting amid pushback, disagreements and protests.
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The UC Board of Regents’ Finance and Capital Strategies Committee approved a 3.5 percent, or $978, increase on the nonresident supplemental tuition starting in the 2018-19 school year at its regular meeting Wednesday — sending it to the UC Board of Regents for a final vote on Thursday.
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