Sentences with phrase «opposing tuition hikes»

We are members of the New School Disorientation Team, a group of students dedicated to fighting for transparency and accountability on our own campus while opposing tuition hikes and endless debt nationwide.

He is active in opposing tuition hikes in California.

The Senate and Assembly are already on record in their budget proposals opposing a tuition hike for this year, and some students have held a rally and over 350 student groups have sent letters opposing any more increases.

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Protesters opposing Quebec student tuition fee hikes demonstrate in Montreal, August 22, 2012 (Photo: Graham Hughes / CP)

There is still four - and - a-half years until the planned date of the next general election, but student anger against the tuition fees hike backed by the Lib Dems - who signed a pledge promising to oppose any increase before the general election - is unlikely to fade away.

Also at 11 a.m., students from CUNY hold rally and press conference to oppose Cuomo's «backdoor tuition hike,» and will deliver petition signatures to the NYC Council Higher Education Committee demanding free and open CUNY for all, City Hall, Manhattan.

In supporting a freeze, the SUNY board aligned itself with the state Assembly and Senate and opposed Cuomo's call for a $ 300 tuition hike in each of the next five years — a continuation of a similar five - year plan he and lawmakers implemented in 2011.

Unlike the Liberal Democrats» broken pledge to oppose hikes in tuition fees, which has severely dented the standing of the party on the national stage and clobbered Clegg's own personal ratings, the Conservatives had a clear mandate to proceed with reforming Britain's hospitals, schools and other vital public services to drive up the quality in a more cost effective way.

ALBANY - ALBANY — Setting up a budget fight on education, the Democrat - led state Assembly said Thursday it opposed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call for a tuition hike at state universities and favored boosting aid to K - 12 schools by $ 2.1 billion — more than double the increase the governor suggested.

The governor said the planned increases gave families and students the ability to plan their finances as opposed to the sporadic — and occasionally large — tuition hikes enacted over the years.

He opposed college tuition hikes and supports two years of free community college tuition to reduce student debt and create better pathways to quality jobs.

The siblings are strongly opposed to the hike in university tuition fees, and spearheaded a scheme where a group of artists, actors and designers would pay legal costs for students caught up in protests against the rise.