Seeing as how UCLA is (in my opinion) the nations pre-eminent Latino institution, the effects of a fee hike could be catastrophic to all minority students in general. I applaud the actions of these brave students.
Student protesters were arrested on campus Wednesday afternoon soon after a committee of the UC Board of Regents approved student fee increases.
The Finance Committee, after much debate and deliberation, voted to increase student fees by 7.4 percent and to increase nonresident tuition by 5 percent for the fall term.
Excluding individual campus fees, there would be a $78 increase in registration fees for all students plus an increase ranging between $412 for resident undergraduates and $486 for some graduate students. The full board is expected to take up the issue when they meet today.
Of the revenue generated by the fee increases, 33 percent will go toward financial aid for undergraduate students. Fifty percent will be used for graduate student aid.
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