Vote Scheduled for Today on CA Tuition Increase

Article: Today, the CA Board of Regents is voting on whether to increase tuition to California's 10 state universities by 25% over the next 5 years. That is a big hike. What does "tuition" mean? Why do some schools require tuition? Ask your parents if they pay tuition for you to go to school and why? Students have been protesting this idea. Some say it is necessary because of budget cuts; others say it is a formidable increase for students. What do you think? Students say their loans are already too much. What are student loans? Ask your parents if they had to pay student loans. Pretend you are the students or the head of the university system. Discuss why you think tuition should go up or not and why.