Given the recent increases in student fees, has additional financial aid been provided to offset the fee increases for financially needy students?
Yes. State funded, need-based grant aid has been increased to cover the full cost of tuition increases at the University of California and the California State University. The segments have also adjusted their institutional financial aid programs to provide appropriate aid to financially needy students to offset the recent student fee increases. Both UC and CSU regularly set aside between 24 percent and one-third of the additional revenue generated from the student fee increase for additional grant aid to needy students in recent years. All financially needy community college students are eligible to have their student fees waived through the Community College Board of Governors’ Fee Waiver Program. The overwhelming majority of financially needy students attending the State’s public colleges and universities receive some form of need-based financial assistance. This aid generally offsets systemwide student fee increases. However, students must apply for financial aid in order to receiv
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