SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California Regents committee voted 7-2 to approve a plan to increase tuition by up to 5 percent annually for the next five years depending on state funding, as hundreds of students rallied outside its meeting Wednesday and protested the plan.
“The plan is not only integral to the stability, but to the vitality of the University of California,” said UC President Janet Napolitano at Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting. “We need to figure out in the real world in which we live, how to bring clarity to, and reduce volatility in, the tuition setting process.”
The full regents board will vote on the policy as its meeting continues on Thursday. The board usually confirms committees’ votes.
