California State Assembly speaker John Perez introduced legislation which would cut the rising price of attending public college in California by thousands of dollars per year, but not all are convinced it will pass and become law. The Middle Class Scholarship Act would decrease the cost of California State University (CSU) tuition approximately $4,000 per year […]
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Demystifying the Money: Instructionally Related Activities Fees
This is the fourth installment in our Demystifying the Money series, which breaks down Cal Poly student tuition and fees. Check back next Monday for our fifth and final installment on health facility and services fees. The executive order establishing Cal Poly’s Instructionally Related Activity (IRA) fee was issued nearly three decades ago, by then-California State […]
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Brown pulls trigger, more budget cuts
California Gov. Jerry Brown released his yearly budget proposal last Thursday, introducing the possibility of additional cuts to the California State University (CSU) system. The proposed cuts come less than a month after a December trigger cut slashed $100 million from the CSU budget. That, combined with reductions in funding earlier last year, totaled $750 […]