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    Which Way, L.A.?

    UC Regents Decide on Fee Increase amid Protests

    On the campus of UCLA today, a committee of the UC Board of Regents approved a 32% increase in student fees.  Fourteen protesters were arrested and removed from the committee room while scores of others chanted outside the building. The full Board of Regents is expected to approve the fee increases tomorrow.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    On the campus of UCLA today, a committee of the UC Board of Regents approved a 32% increase in student fees. Fourteen protesters were arrested and removed from the committee room while scores of others chanted outside the building. The full Board of Regents is expected to approve the fee increases tomorrow. Meantime, the Cal State University system has seen a 53% increase in applicants over last year, the same time that staff is being cut and fewer courses are being offered---all to save money.

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      Warren Olney

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      San Francisco Chronicle

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Global Warming, Higher Education in California
    1. 0:00Global Warming: Can It Still Be Turned Around?
    2. 27:21UC Regents Decide on Fee Increase amid ProtestsYou’re reading this
    3. 41:50KCRW's Ruth Seymour Announces Her Retirement
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