UCLA
Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles
PROFILE
Gene Block
Guest
FROM Gene Block
Which Way, L.A.?
UCLA Prepares for the Budget Axe State budget cuts mean higher tuition at the University of California, which has tripled to $11,600 in the past ten years. If voters don't give Governor Brown a tax increase, UC tuition could rise to $20,000 or $25,000. Gene Block, the Chancellor at UCLA, says 29 out of 42 Republican legislators have received educational benefits they're denying to future generations.
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