Tuition and fees for public 4-year colleges rise 8.3 percent

From The Los Angeles Times: Steep funding cuts to higher education were significant factors in pushing average tuition and fees up 8.3 percent at four-year public colleges and universities nationwide this fall. A report by the College Board found that California's public universities enacted the highest average tuition increase, 21 percent, of any state. The state enrolls a tenth of the nation's public four-year college students.