Acting to prevent ever-deeper state budget cuts from damaging the quality of the student instructional program, the Finance Committee of the University of California Board of Regents voted last week to raise 2003-04 student fees 25 percent above their current level.
The committee also gave UC President Richard C. Atkinson authority to increase the fee hike to 30 percent if the state's budget situation requires. Atkinson said he hopes to establish a final fee level soon so that students and families may be given as much notice as possible.
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