1970_05 The Daily Collegian May 1970

              8    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Friday, May 22, 1970
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I. students' tuition may reach $600
A new raise ln the foreign students tuition for the coming fall
semester will be discussed lnthe
meeUng of California State Colleges Board of Trustees on May
25 and 26 ln Los Angeles.
The tuition may be increased
to as much as $G00 according to
Robert  G. Knudsen, the foreign
A its meeting to-
r with
lng  a  full li
1 of 1
s  last
January by the Board of Trustees. /The recent proposal comes
from D. Dale Hammer, vice-
chancellor of the business office
who came Into office last March.
The Foreign Students Advisory
day  t
Philip Sanchez, a member of the
Board of Trustees and also the
chief administrative officer of
Fresno County.
The Advisory Board hopes that
Mrs. PhlUp Conley, vice-chairman of the board of trustees will
oppose the proposition.
The new hike wiU provide funds
for the admission of an additional 3200 American students next
Fall. Knudsen commented, *A
raise of $2 for both American and
foreign students could provide the
same amount of money.*
Fresno State College ls the
first college that has started to
he Board members and
them to oppose the new
proposal. Foreign student advisors from the 19 state coUeges
met last Monday lnSanFrancisco
to discuss the details for their
campaign   against   the  new ln-
Knudsen said, *The foreign
students can help the campaign
by persuading their American
friends to write to the members
of the Board ot Trustees and disagree with the raise ln the tulUon."
Representatives of the Foreign
Students Office at FSC will be ln
Los Angeles to present their
case against the proposal.
Editorial
THE NEW HIKE - UNJUST
By BehrouzSaba
C. I. General Editor
Today ln California state colleges there are foreign students
who Uve on an average of $160
dents do not receive money from
home and do not have scholarships. They work their way
through college and since on the
basis of the immigration laws a
foreign
selves to Uve a harder life, it
meant to them eating less and
saving more. Now the California
State Colleges Board ofTrustees
ls going to discuss another raise
in the foreign students tuition, a
raise that might come up to $600.
The working foreign students
ie able I
I pay ai
than $360. The ones who receive
money from home or are on
scholarship wlU
Ume also,
mong the international mono-
i, dollar holds a very
strong position. What might!
a considerable
deal of buying power when It Is
exchanged Into doUars.
With the lunation, foreign students have had enough trouble
with their financial:
naUonal studies programs on the
college campuses Is evident.
Foreign students serve as extra
environments, people who look at
Issues' with less conditioning In
this society. Their contributions
in different social science classes are most valuable. Many of
them can give first hand Information to the students who study
a foreign language or are Inter-
In the social, poUtical and
cultural aspects of other lands.
On the other hand, the other
nations  are ln need of learning
ways for providing
housing ai
tlon ln their lands. Higher tuitions
wlU put an end to this most valuable exchange.
students who
feel strongly about keeping the
foreign students o
to the members of the
Board of Tru
tuition. At this
point we are ln deep m
American  friends'  cooperation.