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• Battle over online class fees moves to Capitol (SFGate, 8/11/11) 
• Tiny Tax Cut for Most Californians Equals a Huge, Hidden Tax on the State's College Students (Huffington Post, 8/24/11) 
• State colleges, universities may need to make more budget cuts (LAT, 8/22/11) 
• Negotiating No More (IHE, 8/22/11) 
• UC income from tuition will surpass state funding for the first time (LAT, 8/22/11) 
• The Out-of-State Admissions Edge (The Daily Beast, 8/18/11) 
• Community College Students Pay Higher Fees To Support Film Tax Credit? (CBP, 8/16/11) 
• Debt, Dropouts and Degrees (IHE, 8/4/11)
• To Get at College 'Value,' Report Looks at Student Debt and Degree Completion Together (CHE, 8/3/11)
• UC Crushed by Debt Deal (Changing Universities blog, 8/4/11)
• Short-Term Stability, But ... (IHE, 8/1/11)
• Interactive: See how long it will take California college graduates to break even on their education (SacBee, 7/27/11)
• Parents are dropping out of the college cost fight (LAT, 7/23/11)
• UC Regents Approve 9.6 Percent Tuition Hike (Santa Barbara Independent, 7/18/11)
• Regents approve UC tuition hike (LAT, 7/14/11)
• UC regents vote to increase tuition (SacBee blog, 7/14/11)
• A Tale of Two UCs (Changing Universities blog, 7/13/11)
• The UC Looks Beyond California for Students … and Dollars (CBP, 7/13/11)
• Cal State trustees raise tuition 12% (LAT, 7/13/11)
• Middle class feels tuition squeeze at UC, CSU (SacBee, 7/12/11)
• UC Regents Meeting Agenda for July 14th (Official UC Document) 
• UC president seeks 9.6 percent tuition hike (SFGate, 7/2/11)
• University of California enrolls more out-of-state freshmen (LAT, 7/1/11) 
• Academic Council Resolution on Tuition and Fees (Official UC Document, 6/30/11) 
• CSU trustees asked to increase tuition by 12 percent (SacBee blog, 6/30/11)
• Second round of tuition hikes likely at UC and Cal State systems (LAT, 6/30/11)
• Higher UC, CSU tuition sure to follow deep cuts (SFGate, 6/29/11)
• University tuition likely to rise in response to California budget (SacBee blog, 6/28/11)
• UCLA students face new credit card fees for tuition, other payments (LAT, 6/22/11)
• Inequality, power and privilege in the struggle for the humanities (Social Science Space blog, 6/20/11) 
• Amid budget cutbacks, California colleges reduce or eliminate summer school (LAT, 6/20/11) 
• Blocked Transfer (IHE, 6/14/11) 
• Supreme Court allows California to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants (LAT, 6/6/11) 
• Priced Out: how the wrong financial-aid policies hurts low-income students (Education Trust, June 2011)
• Online Learning Portals: Customizing Colleges Right Out of Higher Education? (CHE, 5/29/11)
• Faculty Productivity and Costs at The University of Texas at Austin (May, 2011)
• More Questions and Answers Regarding the UC Budget (Changing Universities blog, 5/31/11)
• Top Colleges, Largely for the Elite (NYT, 5/24/11)
• How the UC Calculates the Instructional Cost and Funding per Student (Changing Universities blog, 5/24/11) 
• Cost of Education Calculations at the University of California (corresponding white-paper also linked in post)
• UC tuition might jump 32% if tax proposal fails, official says (LAT, 5/19/11) 
• Crisis of Confidence Threatens Colleges (CHE, 5/15/11) 
• Richest students to pay for extra places at Britain's best universities (Guardian, 5/9/11)
• California 'Dream Act' Clears Assembly (SacBee 5/6/11)
• Time to admit (UCLA Faculty Association, 4/19/11) 
• More non-Californians are offered freshman slots at UC schools (LAT, 4/19/11) 
• State Support for a UC Student’s Education Hits a 20-Year Low (CaliBudgetBites blog, 4/6/11)
• Failing Our Graduate Students (CHE, 2/7/11)
• Student Debt Up 227% Since 1990: Accidentially on Purpose (SF Bay Guardian, 1/11/11)
• Is Law School a Bad Investment? (NYT, 1/8/11)
• Future of Pell Grant Funding Uncertain (NYT, 12/18/10)
• Net Income from Tuition Raises in Decline (Chronicle, 12/17/10)
• Student Borrowing Up 50% 1996-2008 (Pew 11/23/10)
• UC No Longer Such a Bargain Compared to Private Schools (SacBee, 11/15/10)
• CA Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Students Are Elligible for In-State Fees (LAT, 11/16/10)
• Letter to Yudof Critiquing Tuition Hike (CUCFA 11/15/10)
• UC Campuses Increase Out of State Recruitment Efforts (LAT, 11/15/10)
• SF Chronicle Opposes New UC/CSU Fee Hikes (11/10/10)
• CSU Considers Tuition Increases of 15% Over Next Year (SacBee, 11/8/10)
• Yudof Proposes 8% Fee Hike (SacBee, 11/8/10)
• CSU to Start Calling Fees "Tuition" (LAT, 11/8/10)
• Berkeley Crosses $50,000 Mark in Out of State Costs (CHE, 10/31/10)
• CSU and UC Plan More Fee Hikes (LAT, 10/30/10)
• Tuition Rises Once Again (IHE, 10/28/10)
• Student Debt Rose 6% in 2009 (Huffpo, 10/22/10)
• Students Can't Get Into Necessary Classes at CA CCs (LAT, 10/4/10)
• How College Health Plans are Failing Students (WSJ 9/25/10)
• Is College the Only Choice? (Dissent, 9/16/10)
• College Still Pays (NYT, 9/21/10)
• Grad Students: Privatizing Anderson a Bad Idea (LAT, 9/15/10)
• The Student Loan Scheme
• NPR: Student Debt with Newfield (KCRW.org, 9/3/10)
• Berkeley Disorientation Guide (Back to School 2010)
• "Academic Bankruptcy" (Taylor, NYT, 8/15/10)
• Student Debt Exceeds 800 Billion--Yes 800 Billion (Kamnetz, 8/11/10)
• Obama Speaks on Higher Ed--Says Little of Substance (CHE, 8/9/10)
• Homeless Student Experience at UCLA (HuffPo, 8/5/10)
• Students and Budget Cuts (Calitics, 7/27/10)
• Hunger and Homelessness at UCLA (NPR, 7/27/10)
• States Try to Protect Student Aid (IHE, 7/26/10)
• New Rules on Student Debt at For-Profits (IHE, 7/26/10)
• Proposed Reforms for the G.I. Bill--Will They Help Vets (IHE, 7/22/10)
• More Pain Ahead for Students in Fees (Capitol Weekly, 7/15/10)
• Record Number of Out of State Students in Entering Class at UC (LAT, 7/15/10)
• Berkeley Sees Latino Enrollments Drop, Nonresidents Climb (CHE 7/14/10)
• Important Loan Default Truths (The Quick and the Ed, 7/12/10)
• Non-Profits Worry About New Federal Rules (CHE, 7/8/10)
• The Dangers of For-Profit Universites (CHE, 7/7/10)
• Community Colleges Trying To Cut Time to Degree (IHE, 7/6/10)
• 68 African-Americans in Incoming Class at UCSD (LAT, 6/30/10)
• Financing Education in Basic Skills (CBP, 4/10)
• Some Student Loan Reforms Pass, Others Don't (IHE 6/28/10)
• Boalt Law Students Respond to Edley on Fees and Worker's Rights (uncivpro, 11/19/09)
• UC Wants to Switch to Tuition (LAT, 6/15/10)
• Colleges Profit by Selling Student Info to Banks (Huffpo, 6/8/10)
• Universities Offer PhDs but few Jobs (LAT, 6/4/10)
• UC Workshop on Recruitment and Enrollment of Non-Resident Students (5/27/10)
• Does Higher Ed Really Help Social Mobility? (IHR, 6/3/10)
• Student Debt Crisis On Horizon (NYT, 5/28/10)
• Due to Recession CA College Grads Head Overseas in Search of Jobs (SacBee, 5/27/10)
• Few UC Applicants on Wait Lists Offered Spots (5/22/10)
• College Grad Starting Salaries Decline Again (5/19/10)
• CSU Raises Fees on Summer Students (SacBee, 5/17/10)
• The Future of Graduate Education? (CFGE, 4/10)
• UC Berkeley Increases Offers to Out-of-State Students (4/14/10)
• UC Waitlists 10,000 Students (LAT, 4/14/10)
• Calif bill would cap fees for college students (SJ Merc 4/11/10)
• Responding to Court Case Regents to Make Clear They Can Raise Fees at Any Time (3/10/10)
• US Senate to Cut Back on Support for Students (IHE, 3/15/10)
• Senate Prepares to Take Money from Community Colleges to Help the Wealthy (firedoglake, 3/15/10)
• UC Ordered to Pay 38 Million To Former Professional Students Whom They Overcharged (SFgate, 3/12/10)
• Regents Consider Letting Professional Schools Match Private School Fees (sfgate, 3/11/10)
• UC Ordered to Pay Damages for Raising Fees after Promising Not To Raise Fees (SFSuperiorcourt, 3/10/10)
• Students Not Banks (FDLaction, 3/9/10)
• Experts Say High Fees are Good for Poor Students (SJ Merc-News 3/4/10)
• Stop Complaining: The Big Problem in California is High Marginal Tax Rates (WSJ 3/1/10)
• Yale to Raise Tuition to $49,800 (NYT, 2/24/10)
• University of Arizona May Raise Tuition by More Than $2000 (DailyWildcat, 2/24/10)
• "Majoring in Debt" (Huffpo, 2/22/10)
• Birgeneau Defends Fees as Necessary to Aid Poorer Students (Sacbee, 2/17/10)
• Public Committed to College Education--Just not to College Administrators (NYT, 2/17/10)
• Billionaires for Fee Hikes at UCSD (1/27/10)
• Dartmouth to Raise Tuition, Reinstate Loans and Cut Staff; Lenders fight Reform (Huffpo, 2/8/10)
• Obama's Budget Proposes Increased Education Spending--with some exceptions (IHE, 2/2/10)
• Obama Proposes Increased Funding for Pell Grants (LAT, 1/30/10)
• How Universities Became Hedge Funds (Bob Samuels, HuffPo 1/28/10
• Unversities Resist Cap on Student Debt (IHE 1/26/10)
• Student Anxieties and Indebtedness UP even more (LAT, 1/21/10)
• Tuition and the Working Class in NY (Inthesetimes, 1/19/10)
• Higher Ed Fees Over Time (2008 Dollars)
• UCB Ranks High in Enrolling Minority and Lower-income Students (LAT, 1/15/10)
• UC Applications at Record Levels--Driven by Transfers (SacBee, 1/15/10)
• UC Applications UP--especially amongst Transfer Students (LAT, 1/14/10)
• Kiplinger's "Best Colleges for the Money" (HuffPo 1/5/10)
• Financial Aid Problems for Foster Youth (CA Watch 1/2/10
• UC Cuts, More Obstacles for Students (LAT, 1/13/10)
• More Funding Problems for Foster Children in Higher Ed (Californiawatch 1/4/10)
• Is "Career U" the Future? (NYT, 1/3/10)
• You Thought You Were Paying for Professors? (NYT Dec 30)
• Public Universities: Fees, Applications, Funding Cuts (NYT, Nov.1)
• Budget Cuts Hit Working-Class and Minority Admissions (CHE, Oct. 11)
• New Study Shows Loan Defaults Double in Year 3 (IHE Dec 14)