New York Students Riot Against Proposed $300 Tuition Hike

heritage.org
by Lachlan Markay
November 22, 2011 at 1:45 pm



Students at the City University of New York rioted yesterday in protest of the school’s planned tuition hike. The proposed change: an extra $300 per year, bringing the total in-state tuition for full-time students to $5,430 per year – significantly less than the $8,244 nationwide average for in-state students at 4-year public universities.

The mob descended on CUNY’s Baruch College campus, where dozens were reportedly arrested. These videos captured some of the mayhem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSeNS77X ... r_embedded

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/22/new ... tion-hike/

The riots were apparently orchestrated by a group called “Students United for a Free CUNY.â€