tuition

March 17, 2020

Give us a tuition break, say California students forced into online university classes

Most colleges and universities will refund housing and dining plans but not tuition; they say online classes worth the costs.

Larry Gordon

March 10, 2020

UC to consider a new type of tuition hikes over next five years

Plan calls for $606, or 4.8 percent, tuition increase to $13,176 for next fall's freshmen. Aid will shield many students.

Larry Gordon

January 17, 2020

UC looking at plans to hike tuition for the next five years

The UC board of regents will vote next week on two plans to increase tuition. Hikes tied to inflation could continue for five years.

Larry Gordon

June 17, 2019

Affording college a top worry among California voters

A poll brief released Monday showed that low-income California voters and voters in counties in rural areas have the highest concerns about college affordability.

Michael Burke

March 14, 2019

UC regents revolt against $762 tuition hike for non-Californians

Tuition for state residents will remain at $12,570. The now postponed plan would have hiked tuition for non-residents by $762 to $42,324. Criticism was surprisingly strong.

Larry Gordon

February 14, 2019

California’s new ‘free college’ law for community colleges covers more than tuition

California community college students are getting free tuition, laptops and textbooks as colleges spend $46 million in state “free tuition” funds.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

December 2, 2018

California students find tuition discounts, less-crowded campuses out of state

Enrollment from California students in the Western Undergraduate Exchange tuition reciprocity program has more than tripled over the past decade.

Nico Savidge

July 18, 2018

University of California students cheer a $60 tuition drop

This will be the first UC tuition decline in nearly two decades.

Larry Gordon