When the general imposed tuition on free universities, protest was no option.
People close to Mr Clegg make a painfully ironic prediction: by the next general election tuition fees may have lost toxicity as a policy, but Mr Clegg's broken promise will still be held against him.The Lib Dems cannot out-oppose LabourThe view from Dungworth carries broader lessons.
In general, no tuition is charged, and financial support is provided for living expenses.
Campus health centers traditionally have been financed through tuition, general fees or specific health fees, allowing the same access for all students.
The Lib Dems, who campaigned during the general election to scrap tuition fees, reaffirmed their commitment to replacing tuition fees and loans with a graduate tax at their party conference last month.
At a time of decreased state aid, higher tuition and general belt-tightening, the real scandal at Rutgers is the $450,000 salary paid to an athletic director.
The red squares – punning visually on a French expression to be squarely in the red, or in debt – are a gesture of solidarity with university and college students on a massive general strike against government tuition fee hikes.
Aside from the general problem of rising tuition fees, the credit crunch has dented endowments.
Unlike K-12 schools and community colleges, which are guaranteed funding under Proposition 98, Cal State and UC largely depend on tuition and general fund dollars — subjecting them to the whims of politicians juggling competing interests.
