Third day of fee protests at California universities

Third day of fee protests at California universities
November 21, 2009 7:43 p.m. EST (CNN)

"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Demonstrators entered their third day of a building takeover at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday in protest of a tuition increase, an undertaking that a school spokesman called futile.

The occupation of Kerr Hall is just one of several demonstrations across University of California campuses this week after the regent's board approved a 32 percent increase in tuition Thursday.

University officials said the $505 million to be raised by the tuition increases is needed to prevent even deeper cuts than those already made due to California's persistent financial crisis."

Source URL: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/21/california.student.protest/index.html

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1979-2010 annual undergrad fees to attend a UC campus (LA Times)

Friday, November 19, 2009 Los Angeles Times carried a front page article, "UC ready to raise student fees by 32%," which can be read in full at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucfees19-2009nov19,0,6237361.story





















In case we get reference questions about the trajectory of these fees, which have actually gone down in some years, here's the 1979-2010 chart, but not in constant dollars, and excluding campus-specific fees:

California students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

California students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
By Alan Duke, CNN
November 20, 2009 3:00 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike.

Students took over portions of buildings on campuses in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Santa Cruz and Davis late Thursday, and two remain occupied Friday morning.

Student organizers said they would escalate their protests after the system's regents approved the tuition hike during a meeting Thursday on the UCLA campus.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/20/california.tuition.protests/index.html

University of California students protest 32 percent tuition increase

University of California students protest 32 percent tuition increase
By Alan Duke, CNN
November 19, 2009 10:35 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Angry students at the Davis, California, branch of the University of California refused to vacate the school's administration building Thursday evening in a show of defiance and protest over a 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike instituted by the California Board of Regents earlier in the day.

About 50 students remained in the building, which was supposed to close by 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET), UC Davis spokeswoman Claudia Morain told CNN. At one point, as many as 150 students were at the building protesting the tuition increase, she said. She said she hopes campus police can resolve the issue without the need to make arrests.

Terms of Digital Book Deal With Google Revised

The Revised Google Books Settlement Agreement
https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlebookssettlement/revised-settlement/SettlementModificationsOverview.pdf

Supplementary Notice ---http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/Supplemental-Notice.pdf

Terms of Digital Book Deal With Google Revised
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/technology/internet/14books.html?_r=1

The amended settlement dropped in the eleventh hour. Here's a redline version and here's the related memorandum with the procedural details. The best news coverage is the New York Times story; the best blog coverage is Danny Sullivan's. I've just completed a first pass through the amended settlement, tweeting all the way.

The biggest change is that the class of affected books has been dramatically reduced, although not at all in the way I was expecting. Books registered in the U.S. are still in, as are books published in Canada, the U.K., and Australia. That change should largely take foreign non-Anglophone books out of the settlement entirely. There are a number of other tweaks to the definitions to deal with specific classes of works (e.g. comic books).
http://laboratorium.net/archive/2009/11/14/gbs_midnight_madness

UC regents approve fee hikes; Nov.18, 2009

UC regents approve fee hikes

Buzz up!By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"A panel of University of California regents has approved a plan to raise student fees 32 percent over the next year, bringing annual cost of a UC education to more than $10,000 - not including room, board and books."

http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2009/11/18/kim.ca.ucla.student.protests.cnn

Added On November 18, 2009 (CNN)

Students at UCLA protest a plan that would boost student fees by 32 percent over two years. KCAL's Rachel Kim reports.

http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2009/11/18/kabc.ucla.protestors.arrested.KABC

Added On November 18, 2009

Campus police at UCLA have arrested protesters who repeatedly interrupted a regent board meeting about a rise in student fees.

California university regents approve 32 percent tuition increase
By Alan Duke, CNN
November 19, 2009 4:18 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/19/california.tuition.protests/index.html