University of California regents voiced starkly different views Wednesday on a proposed tuition increase for fall 2020, as consensus on the controversial issue failed to emerge. AdvertisementThe second plan would raise tuition and fees once for each incoming class, called cohorts, but keep those costs flat for six years. But several regents pressed for alternatives to a tuition increase: lobby Sacramento for more state funding; increase philanthropy and control UC spending. But Regent George Kieffer voiced support for a proposal to increase tuition on all students by the annual cost of inflation. “They choose to use nonresidents as scapegoats,” she said of UC regents.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2020 01:18 UTC