CSU SYSTEM OKS LIMIT ON CAMPUS FEES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Trustees for the California State University system California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. Wednesday approved a new policy that would set limits on the fees each of the state campuses can impose on students in addition to tuition. In addition to paying $1,584 in annual tuition, CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. students must also pay other mandatory fees charged by campuses that can raise the total cost of attending a university by hundreds of dollars. At Cal State Long Beach, for example, students pay $182 a year for items such as health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , the student body center and association. Fees range from a high of $486 at Cal State Sonoma to a low of $116 at Cal State San Marcos. Fees have increased as CSU revenues from the state general fund have decreased over the years. The CSU Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. unanimously approved a fee cap Wednesday, said Karen Newell Young, a spokeswoman in the chancellor's office. The process by which fees are created and increased has varied widely for the 22 campuses in the 326,000-student CSU system. Wednesday's policy vote will make the process more uniform, Young said. Under the new policy, all campus fees, as well as tuition, would be capped at one-third the total cost of education. |
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