From the Chronicle:
UC Berkeley has been reclassifying master's degrees from "academic" to "professional" in a little-noticed drive that lets the university charge more for the programs - doubling or tripling the price, in some cases - while officially maintaining a tuition freeze across the University of California. University records examined by The Chronicle show that in the past five years, UC Berkeley has reclassified 20 master's degrees at nine graduate schools, collecting millions of dollars more from students despite the tuition freeze that has been in place for California residents...
UC Berkeley has been reclassifying master's degrees from "academic" to "professional" in a little-noticed drive that lets the university charge more for the programs - doubling or tripling the price, in some cases - while officially maintaining a tuition freeze across the University of California. University records examined by The Chronicle show that in the past five years, UC Berkeley has reclassified 20 master's degrees at nine graduate schools, collecting millions of dollars more from students despite the tuition freeze that has been in place for California residents...
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