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Cal State Tuitions to Increase by 12 Percent

Tuition and fees for full-time undergraduates in the fall will be between $5,472 and $6,422 per year at Cal State Long Beach and other state universities.

Tuition will be going up by another 12 percent for students at California State University campuses such as Cal State Long Beach, the university's Board of Trustees decided today. The board blamed cuts in state funding for the tuition hike.

"The enormous reduction to our state funding has left us with no other choice if we are to maintain quality and access to the CSU," Chancellor Charles B. Reed said. ``We will focus on serving our current students by offering as many classes and course sections as possible.

"We will also be able to open enrollment for the spring 2012 term,
which is critical for our community college transfer students," he said.

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The increase will add $294 per semester. Starting in the fall, a full-time undergraduate will pay $5,472 per year, and additional campus fees are expected to bring the total cost to about $6,422.

"My parents pay for two full tuitions," said Cal State Long Beach
senior Brittany Woolsey, 21. She is a journalism major who works for
several websites shooting photographs of, and writing about, popular
bands at concerts.

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"And we are very thankful for a college fund left from my grandparents. Without that, my mom would struggle even more, and she already works two jobs. I worry about classes I need getting cut because I am so close to graduation, and can't afford to stay back any more semesters. "

The state budget cut funding to the university system by another $150 million, on top of an earlier $500 million reduction, according to CSU financial officials,. The university system could face another $100 million cut in December if state revenues fall short of the projection, added financial officials.

— City News Service


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