From a March4/October 7th committee email:
Tell CUNY…
NO TUITION INCREASE!
On November 22, The CUNY Board of Trustees voted to raise your tuition by 5% this spring and another 5% in the fall. That’s on top of 44% tuition increases, since 2003! That’s also on top of $200 million in state and city CUNY budget cuts over the past two years. And the 10% cutbacks currently slated for Baruch college and elsewhere that would result in layoffs of up to 65% of adjunct faculty and the creation of jumbo classes of up to 200 students. And further budget cuts projected for 2011. Simply put, the bankers and politicians that caused the economic crisis are passing its costs on to CUNY students in the form of deteriorating educational quality at an ever higher price, and on to full-time and adjunct faculty in the form of layoffs and course cuts, class size increases, and slashed programs and resources.
It’s time to tell the CUNY Trustees, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo that enough is enough!
It’s NOT too late, the proposed tuition increase CAN be rolled back... But we MUST raise our voices!
Where: Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s office @ 120 Broadway, between Cedar Street and Pine Street (A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Fulton St.)
When: 5 pm, Tuesday, December 14
Sponsored by: March4/October7th Committee.
For further information, contact: march4ny@gmail.com
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