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Regents committee approves PDST for three graduate programs amid student pleas for safeguards
Summary
The Academic & Student Affairs committee approved multi‑year professional degree supplemental tuition (PDST) plans for UC San Diego’s new MERP program, UCLA’s Design Media Arts MFA, and UCLA’s Master of Music; students urged stronger transparency, return‑to‑aid guarantees and outcome reporting.
The Academic & Student Affairs committee voted to approve multi‑year professional degree supplemental tuition plans for three graduate programs, after presenters described program needs and students pressed for protections and transparency.
Tisha Saram, student observer, told the committee that while programs have legitimate needs, shifting costs to graduate students through PDST poses risks to affordability, access and equity. “Approving multiyear plans that lock in higher tuition levels places additional risk on students at a time when federal support frameworks are still…
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