Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net California State University (CSU) students can sigh in relief following the CSU vote against increasing tuition for the 2013-14 school year on Jan. 22. California Gov. Jerry Brown was in attendance for the Board of Trustees meeting which included the discussion of a proposed budget for the upcoming school year and the possible effects it […]
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Prop 30 narrowly passes, CSU avoids budget cuts
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly students went to sleep Tuesday not knowing if Proposition 30’s outcome would bring a tuition increase or a tuition rollback come January. Hours later, they woke up to learn it would be the latter. It wasn’t an easy battle, but Gov. Jerry Brown’s fight for Proposition 30 ended in victory […]
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Too soon to solidify plan for Proposition 30’s defeat
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Kinesiology senior Laura Charbonneau has seen tuition rise eight times during her four years at Cal Poly. Despite the financial aid she receives, being the last of three children in her family to attend college makes her “feel guilty” about taking so much from her parents. “My parents pay for my tuition, […]
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Mayoral election fails to draw students
James Corbett jamescorbett.md@gmail.com With Election Day just more than a month away, the presidential and congressional races have been thrust into the spotlight. The local San Luis Obispo mayoral race hasn’t garnered as much attention, however. Who’s in the race? This year’s race is between incumbent San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx, and political newcomers […]
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CSU set to pull trigger
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Students across the California State University (CSU) system could face an additional $150 per semester in tuition starting January 2013 if Gov. Jerry Brown’s sales and income tax increase, Proposition 30, doesn’t pass in November. The CSU Board of Trustees voted last Wednesday, Sept. 19, to approve the tuition increase in the […]
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Budget cuts and Student Success impact rising tuition costs
Students entering the California State University system (CSU) in 2012-13 face a dramatically different fee system than those entering the state’s public university system a decade ago. After a financial crash, a recession and the state struggling to deal with budget shortfalls, CSU tuition has nearly quadrupled for full-time undergraduate students since the 2002-03 scholastic […]