Tuition for California State University (CSU) students will increase by 6% annually for five years beginning in 2024-25 under a plan approved Wednesday by the university’s Board of Trustees. Under the schedule, the annual undergraduate tuition for CSU will increase from the current $5,742 to $6,084 in the 2024-25 school year. The total would jump to $6,450 the following year,…
University officials said revenue increases are needed to cover a roughly $1.5 billion budget shortfall. CSU officials told reporters earlier this month said the university has already implemented steep cost-cutting measures, but without additional revenue, it could be forced to cut course offerings or other services.
"We've had only one increase in tuition in 12 years," he said."That's not a business model that's going to work long-term. It's not sustainable. "You are headed into an action that you do not fully understand the consequences of," she said."... We're talking about 184,000 students who are going to have a $2,000-a-year increase by the time this is implemented in five years. And we have done no work ... on what that increase is going to mean to our student body. I don't see how we can do this without knowing what a $2,000-a-year increase is going to mean for our students.
Steve Relyea, CSU chief financial officer, told the trustees' Finance Committee Wednesday morning that an"absence of tuition increases in 11 of the last 12 years has prevented CSU sufficient resources to keep up with rising costs." He noted that 18% of CSU students have their tuition partially covered by some form of grant, scholarship or waiver, while 60% of students have their tuition fully covered by such programs. He said those 60% of students would continue to have their tuition fully covered despite the increase.
The California Faculty Association union called the proposed tuition hike a"shocking and unconscionable" measure that would bump student costs by 34% over the five-year period.
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