Faculty and students will be out in force in Long Beach tomorrow (Wednesday) to voice their opposition to planned student fee hikes totaling 15.5% set to be voted on by the CSU Board of Trustees.

Members of CSU students for Quality Education (SQE) will host a “Protest Carnival” http://www.calfac.org/students outside the Trustees meeting to highlight the impact of fee hikes on students ability to receive a quality education. Their theme is “Stop clowning around with our education!”

If the two new fee increases are approved, student fees will be 242% higher than they were in 2002 (when major state funding cuts began). Fee hikes have averaged 13% per year over that time. See a chart of CSU fee hikes.
http://www.calfac.org/resource/csu-trustees-vote-2-new-student-fee-increases

In addition to the Wednesday protest, about a dozen students addressed the Trustees’ Finance Committee meeting today to speak against hikes.