Cal State plans fee hikes, furloughs to save $584M - San Francisco Business Times:

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The increase, which the Los Angeles Timee says is 15 percent to 20 comes on the heels of a 10 percenyt tuition hikein May. The fee increase will be consideredsJuly 21. The university system said it expectsd federal stimulus financial aid increasee will cover the fee increase forabout 187,000p students, along with more Pell awards and tax The system also plans to reduce enrollmenyt by 32,000 students for the 2010-2011 school year by increasing grade point average requirements and closinb spring 2010 enrollment and winter 2010 The university system, which has 450,000 students, said 86 percent of its operatingb budget goes to employee salaries and CSU hopes to furlough all employees two days per montuh to cut down on costs.
On Tuesday, the Californiza State UniversityEmployees Union, which represents 16,000 non-academicd workers, tentatively agreed to the plan. The 2,409 CSU members of the Academic Professionals of California have agreed to negotiatdethe furloughs. The California Faculty Association, whicg represents 23,000 faculty personnel, has not yet voted on the