CSU may pull cash grants to grad students

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<p>Graduate students across the 23-campus system began receiving financial aid notices this week and were astonished to see that the State University Grant that takes care of tuition for low-income students was missing. In its place was the offer of a federal loan at 6.8 percent interest.</p>

<p>Read more: CSU</a> may pull cash grants to half its grad students</p>

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<p>Cuts are happening everywhere in California, and unfortunately the CSUs are bearing the brunt of it. </p>

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Meh. I know many first year students here at UCLA who were forced to cover the OOS tuition ($16K) because their fellowships weren’t big enough. The CSUs aren’t the only ones suffering.</p>

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<p>Tuition grants for about 20,000 needy graduate students at California State University are rescued - for now - thanks to a pair of panicked students in San Francisco who gathered thousands of signatures online and mobilized an army of support.</p>

<p>Read more: [CSU</a> graduate students will keep tuition grants](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/18/BA291O57RC.DTL#ixzz1sVCCW0SD]CSU”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/18/BA291O57RC.DTL#ixzz1sVCCW0SD)</p>