CSU Trustees to Vote on Contingency Plan for Tuition Increases
In Long Beach on Wednesday, Cal State University trustees are expected to approve a plan to raise undergraduate tuition 5 percent as part of a contingency plan should Proposition 30 on the November ballot fail to pass. Chancellor Charles Reed defended the move, which passed the trustees' finance committee yesterday on a vote of 6-1, the one dissenter being the student trustee.
Young Voters Wonder: Who's Got Their Back?
President Obama brought in 66 percent of the youth vote in 2008. But many voters 29 and under today in California say they don't have much trust in government now, not after years of drastic state budget cuts to education. We recently listened-in on a Silicon Valley focus group made up of Millennials.