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	Vol.7, No 55, December 6, 1999
	CSU, governor try to prevent fee hike By Jason Kosareff Daily Forty-Niner The California State University Chancellor's Office is working with Gov. Gray Davis' office on ways to stabilize student fees, CSU spokesman Ken Swisher said Thursday.  The Higher Education Partnership between the two offices would stabilize the CSU budget and, in doing so, stabilize CSU tuition at $1,428, Swisher said.  By getting additional money from the state's general fund, CSU hopes to pass the monetary burden of swelling enrollment on to the state, sparing students. "We're asking for funding from the state to cover the rise in enrollment for the next year," Swisher said. The additional funding amounts to $2.3 billion, about two-thirds of next year's $3.2 billion CSU budget. CSU fees, which have been lowered by 10 percent over the last two years, are among the lowest in the nation for four-year universities, according to a report by the Chancellor's Office Committee on Finance.  While CSU student fees declined, "comparison institution fees continued to increase," according to the report.  In the report, the CSU compared its student fees with those of 15 other universities nationwide. Those schools raised their tuition an average of 7.3 percent last year, according to the report.  The average fee among the comparison schools is $3,880, according to the report. The same fee for CSU is $1,830. "It's about what I expected," said Haroula Koulaks, a freshman majoring in social work. Koulaks said the CSU tuition was not a part of her decision to come to CSULB. After the 5 percent decrease in fees for 1999-2000, Cal State undergraduate students saved $78 on CSU mandatory fees and graduate students saved $42, according to the report.  The average mandatory fee campuses charge for things such as health services increased from $383 last year to $402 this year, according to the report. The average CSU student saved a total of $59 from last year.  CSULB students paid an additional $272 in mandatory fees this year, according to the report. This fee can be raised or lowered by a campus president, Swisher said.  No one from the President's Office was available to comment on whether the fee will rise, fall or remain stable next year.		CSU, governor try to prevent fee hike   Teen HIV highest in L.B.   Professor runs for House seat   CSULB worker's pretrial date set   Maxson pitches campus book club   Greeks collect old clothing for Salvation Army drive Friendly passing grades   Protests are good, riots bad   Zappers help protect citizens Dr. Dre returns with enjoyable release   Veteran rappers produce different results Boxer enshrined in hall   Club Soccer team finishes season fifth in nation Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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