I spent five semesters (two years and a summer) at Santa Monica College. I paid $105 a credit. California residents paid $5 a credit. It was a nominal fee. The real cost was books. That’s obviously changed:
Santa Monica College, a public community college in California, has been so strained by cuts to state education funding that it has had to turn away students, increase tuition, and charge higher fees for classes. The school recently announced a plan to raise prices on its most popular courses, creating an unequal, two-track cost system and raising problems for cash-strapped students who are already struggling to keep up with rising tuition rates.
Santa Monica students attempted to attend a Board of Trustees meeting yesterday but were largely denied, with only a limited number of students allowed in and requests to move to a larger venue rejected. When more students attempted to enter the meeting, about 30 were pepper sprayed by police, the Associated Press reports
People shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a 99% movement. School used to be basically free. Now it costs 10,000 bucks a year. And what else changed? What did people get in return?
